Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.
In this episode of Talk on the Wild Side, Rob Smith joins Josie Cadwallader-Hughes, Sustainability Director for Thakeham. They talk all about Thakeham's efforts to make home development more environmentally-friendly - and to create more biodiverse sites than they started with.
Rob Smith joins Kent Wildlife Trust's Nina Jones, Steve Weeks, and Emma Waller, as well as Save Minster Marshes' Nik Mitchell, to talk about National Grid's Sea Link plans - a cable, converter, and sub stations that could have devastating impacts on these internationally important sites for wildlife.
Rob Smith joins Emily Mason, Sustainability Coordinator at the University of Kent on a tour of their Canterbury campus to see how the University is reducing its impact. Join them on the Talk on the Wild Side podcast.
Rob Smith joins his namesake James Smith, Nuffield Scholar and 5th generation top fruit farmer in Kent to talk about how James is turning to regenerative farming methods at Loddington Farm.
Rob Smith takes this episode of Talk on the Wild Side to Dover where he visits the incredible Liz Corry who has seen the project through from the hatching of the chough chicks to watching them fly over Dover Castle.
Rob Smith joins Craig Edwards, RSPB Area Warden for Dungeness nature reserve. Learn about the management of this reserve and the wildlife you can see in between a nuclear power station and MOD facility. It's incredible!
Rob Smith heads to West Blean and Thorndon Woods for a Bison Ranger Experience. Bison Ranger Tom Gibbs takes guests through the woodland in search of bison tracks and explains how the grazing animals here contribute to natural woodland regeneration.
Rob Smith heads to Brightlingsea to meet Matt Uttley of the Blue Marine Foundation to talk about his work restoring native oysters in Essex with the Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative (ENORI).
