The Bearded Tit‘s Podcast

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Today I release another special episode ahead of the general election about what to ask candidates about rivers with Emma Brisdion from the Rivers Trust. https://theriverstrust.org/about-us/news/vote-for-rivers-general-election Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I speak with underwater photographer and Programme Officer for Shoal Georgie Bull. We have a natter about the 1000 fishes project looking to conserve and project some of the worlds rarest and least known fish. Buy Me a Coffee 1000 fishes project Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

  Last year I went to Shetland and saw some incredible wildlife including searching for orca! See how I go on in this weeks episode. Buy Me a Coffee Orca Film Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This the final episode of this season I talk to paelobiologist Jack Cooper about the Megalodon!  Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT Osprey Film Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I have Ben Rowson on who is the senior curator of terrestrial molluscs from the National Museum of Wales to talk about everything slug related! Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT Iceland Trip Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I've got guest Chantal Lyons on as we talk about her book Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain's Wild Boar finding out if boar are dangerous, what locals think of them in the Forest of Dean and if they could make a return to other parts of Britain. Groundbreakers Book Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I'm talking about how to break into wildlife presenting, camera ops and photography! Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I speak to Rob Collins from The Rivers Trust about the subject of forever chemicals in rivers, what they are, what we can do about them and how they got there.    Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT Osprey Film Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This episode see's me talking to Senior Curator in Charge of Mollusca, Jon Ablett from the Natural History Museum as we talk about giant squid and colossal squid and I even get to see a actual giant squid in the flesh! Q&A with Jeremy Wade  Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I'm joined by Nicola Crockford as we talk all about wild swimming and how it connects her to aquatic wildlife.  Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT PUFFIN SNORKELING  Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I head to the Natural History Museum in London and go behind the scenes to the tank room as see rupert collins about the fish specimens they have in the collection including burbot, some famous carp teeth and some record breaking fish! Buy Me a Coffee YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT  Waxwing Video Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

in this episode I head to Northumberland to go rockpooling and see one of my favourite ducks the eider!   Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I have guest Jake Davies, Jake is a Welsh based Marine biologist and underwater videographer. Where he is the technical specialist for Project SIARC (Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities) and project coordinator for Angel Shark Project: Wales.      Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this weeks episode I speak with friend and other half of UK Wildlife Podcast Neil Philips about Wildlife Photography Competitions. Are they worth doing, does it really change anything and what goes on behind the scenes? Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I speak to CEO of Widlfish Nick Measham, a charity that fights for freshwater habitats and its fish. We talk about barriers to migration and how salmon are now on the endangered species list. Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I speak to Dominic Garnett a successful angling author and angling times journalist about all kinds of topics from fly fishing for coarse fish, sewage pollution and smothering yogurt all ourselves one time.  Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

I speak to Matt James from Colossal as we talk about de-extinction bring back mammoths and other extinct species. Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I have multiple guests on the podcast telling us their funny nature stories!    Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

I head out with NottsARG member Maiya Evans as we go on a toad patrol! Buy Me a Coffee Merch Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this weeks episode I head to Romney Marsh in Kent to find Europes largest frog the Marsh Frog!   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this weeks episode I talk about my own wildlife garden and how I've turned it from a sea of grass into a mini wildlife haven.   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I'm joined by Indy Greene again as we head into Sherwood Forest to experience the dawn chorus!    Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

Welcome back to season 3! This week I head to Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland to visit the Poison Gardens and find out about some of the most deadly plants in Britain!  Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel Alnwick Castle

Welcome back to a special episode of the podcast where we cover the rather big topic of predation in angling! Otters, Cormorants we cover them both as we chat to Mark Owen from the Angling Trust and Dave Webb for The UK Wild Otter Trust! Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel Angling Trust - UK Wild Otter Trust Papers Mentioned https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6375 https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf09038 https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/shared_documents/publications/research-reports/2006/rr433.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2013.798258 https://community.rspb.org.uk/getinvolved/wales/b/wales-blog/posts/the-future-of-fish-eating-birds http://www.intercafeproject.net/COST.html https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224185/pb13971-fish-eating-birds-review-130719.pdf

In the last episode of season 2, I speak with three guests from the UK Sturgeon Alliance in the form of Jenny Murray from Blue Marine Foundation, Hannah McCormick from London Zoological Society & Steve Colclough from Institute of Fisheries Management. We discuss the history of sturgeon in the UK and its potential future of returning. Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week in the penultimate episode for this season I have long time friend and wildlife filmmaker Laura Turner and her cat Henry! We talk about what cat owners can do to limit the damage cats do and how to protect your garden from cats if your gardener.  Lauras Youtube Channel Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In todays podcast I speak to Rachel Mulrenan & Matt Palmer from Wildfish Cons to talk about salmon farming and how it impacts wild salmon stocks. Wild Fish & Off the table Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this weeks episode I talk to one of the top professional underwater photographers in the world Alex Mustard. We talk about who inspired him in the industry, how to get into it and what aspects he maybe doesn't like about it.  Alex's Website Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week my guest is Ashleigh Whiffin Ash is an entomologist and curator at National Museums Scotland, based in Edinburgh. For the last 8+ years she's been responsible for the care and development of the museum's insect collection, containing approximately 2.5 million preserved specimens. She's an advocate for the less glamorous insects and her greatest love are carrion beetles. Follow more beetle appreciation and a peek behind the scenes at the museum, follow her on social media (Twitter: @AshWhiffin / Instagram: ash_whiffin ) Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In today's episode Jack heads out with Luke Butel an estates manager who controls deer numbers in the East Midlands. We talk about the damage deer do to the wider environment, how its undertaken and whats done with the meat afterwards. Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week on the podcast we have Hannah Rudd. Hannah Rudd is a marine biologist and writer, based in Suffolk, who has studied sharks in global marine hotspots, including South Africa and the Maldives. Her first book, Britain's Living Seas, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trusts and Bloomsbury Publishing is out now. Hannah is currently the Policy & Advocacy Manager for the Angling Trust, a co-founder and marine scientist for Shark Hub UK, and a Youth Ambassador for the High Seas Alliance. She regularly writes articles on marine science and conservation in print and online as a freelance writer. More information can be found on her website: https://www.hannahrudd.com/ Hannah's Accounts Twitter https://twitter.com/hannahsrudd Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hannahexploreswild/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahrudd/ Website https://www.hannahrudd.com/ Book Order https://linktr.ee/britainslivingseas   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this bonus episode I talk about the reasons I don't generally tell people where, how or what gear I use for filming wildlife. (I'm not a complete w*nker honestly!)   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In todays Jack Does Stuff, I grab a cuppa and do the big garden birdwatch a citizen science project the RSPB do at the end of January to gather data on the birds that enter our gardens. I talk about how to attract birds, what birds I've had on my garden list and how to take part in the big garden bird watch. Big Garden Birdwatch Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I head to the Cairngorms to chat with Peter Cairns about lynx reintroduction to the UK and when we last had them here, what are the pros and cons and when they could make a return.   Scotland The Big Picture Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel  

This week I head over to Foston to visit hedgehog rescuers Janet & Sally to talk about what you do when you find a sick or injured one and how to help them in your gardens.  Janets Email - janethedgehog49@gmail.com Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

Join me this week as I'm joined with Mike Blackmore from Wessex Rivers Trust as we chat all things chalkstream! A rare habitat pretty much exclusive to England. Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In todays episode of Jack Does Stuff I head out to try twitching!  Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This week I'm joined by vet and broadcaster Sean McCormack as we delve into the horrific practice of cropping dogs ears. "Dr Sean McCormack BSc (Hons), MVB, MRCVS is a qualified vet with a degree in Animal Science, a lifelong conservationist and self confessed nature geek. He's a published author and vet columnist, hosts his own wildlife podcast and YouTube channel as well as running the growing conservation organisation Ealing Wildlife Group." Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this episode I cover non native crayfish in the UK and the damage they cause while looking if their is light at the end of tunnel to finally get rid of them. Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel   Papaers https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13758 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/3/29 https://theconversation.com/invasive-species-why-britain-cant-eat-its-way-out-of-its-crayfish-problem-147961 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/3/2/8/htm  

Join me this week as I head back the banks of the River Trent with friend, angler and scientist Dr Mark Everard as we chat all things tiny with minnows, gudgeon and bleak. We celebrate the smaller fish in life and find out why you should to. Marks Website Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this episode Jack heads out the River Trent to try and find the Zander a predatory fish thats made many UK rivers in home.   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

In this episode I speak with Alan Henshaw the farm manager of the environment agencies Calverton Fish Farm. I find out what a fish farm is, how they work and why they are sometimes needed. I also go over the top 10 most downloaded episodes of the podcast at then end! Buy Me a Coffee AT Film Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel  

In this episode Jack is joined by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's Michael Walker as they visit Ploughmans Wood & Colwick Park to try and find Bats.   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

Today I'm joined by Elliott Kean who is the Engagement Officer with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and also works with the Beavers at Idle Valley Nature Reserve. I visit him at the site as we look for signs of beaver and talk about the impacts they have both positive and negative.  Buy Me a Coffee Fish Calendars Wildlife Photography Course at Attenborough Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

This is the first episode in the side series of "Jack Does Stuff" with this time Jack going out bird ringing with fellow Jack, Jack Baddams! We visit Creswell Craggs and may or may not catch a kingfisher live!  Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

The Podcast is back! This week we are joined by guest Ashley Smith of W.A.S.P (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution) as we talk about the sorry state this river and many across the UK are in mainly due to the dumping of sewage. Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Youtube Channel

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In the third and final takeover for the podcast our guest host is Stephen Moss an acclaimed author, naturalist  and university lecturer. He's chatting to this week's guest Lucy McRobert who is also a communications specialist in wildlife and currently works for the isles of scilly wildlife trust as well as also being a writer.  They natter about getting into birding as a young adult, how it helped with a family loss, if turning your hobby into a job is the best choice and challenging the norms in the wider nature community.    Stephen's Website Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter

What do you do when owed money by a client? It can be a tough situation for a freelancer so in this episode I detail a recent ordeal I've had and where others can hopefully get some advice of what to do If in the same boat!   Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter

Burbot were once so common in British rivers they were used as pig feed and an important cog in the larger wheel of a rivers lowland ecosystem. Fast forward to the early 21st century and they are extinct from our waterways. Why did they die out? Why bother to bring them back? Who is working to bring them back? Are rivers healthy enough for them and will they cause issues with fish currently in rivers all these questions answered and much more as we wade through all the misinformation that is the burbot.   I speak to not one but four guests today all experts in Burbot including   Johan Auwerx - Institute of Nature & Forest Conservation, Belgium (Currently breeding and reintroducing burbot to Belgium) Ian Wellby - Fishery Health Scientist & Worked on a feasibility study to reintroduce burbot in 2005 Mark Everard - Angler and Fish Scientist he literally wrote the book on burbot (see here!) Jonah Toney - River Ecologist and Technical Director of Norfolk Rivers Trust (Currently working on bringing the burbot back to Norfolk)   Burbot Film Buy Me a Coffee Facebook Page Twitter