Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 45m
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Since Jul 2023
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Learn about UK nature, conservation and rewilding in this immersive podcast hosted by award-winning BBC broadcaster and journalist, Rob Smith. Rob meets people and visits projects on the ground that are helping to tackle the nature and climate crisis by reintroducing species, rethinking farming, managing landscape-scale conservation projects, teaching and educating the public and even studying cultures of soil in a lab. There are so many ways people are making a difference - join Rob to find out more.

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S2E2 A Walk Through Time at Downe Bank

Feb 24, 2025 27m

🎙️ New Episode: A Walk Through Time at Downe Bank 🌿🦋Join Talk on the Wild Side as Rob Smith meets Kent Wildlife Trust Warden Paul Glanfield at the breathtaking Downe Bank Nature Reserve in Bromley!…

S2E1 Roadside Nature Reserves

Jan 30, 2025 22m

Welcome to a brand-new season of Talk on the Wild Side! 🌿 In this feel-good season opener, our roving presenter Rob Smith hits the road to catch up with Bethany, Wild Road Verge Officer at Kent…

S1E17 Sea Link with National Grid's Adrian Pierssene

Dec 20, 2024 21m

In this exciting episode of Talk on the Wild Side, Rob heads to the stunning Pegwell Bay to chat with Adrian Pierssene from National Grid about their ambitious Sea Link Project.This…

S1E16 Rewilding a churchyard in Sandwich

Sep 06, 2024 20m

A run down and overgrown medieval churchyard in Sandwich has been restored to a beautiful wildlife haven by a group of local volunteers. In this amazing story, you'll hear from the people who brought…

S1E15 Farming through natural systems

Aug 23, 2024 1h 10m

Iain Tolhurst NBE is a pioneering organic farmer and owner of Tolhurst Organic Farms. This farm has made quite a name for itself because it is able to feed 350 families on 14 acres of what is…

S1E14 A community's plan to restore turtle doves in Kent

Jul 19, 2024 40m

Once heard purring in every corner of Marden, the turtle dove is now under threat; both in Africa where it spends its winters, and here in the UK where it spends its summers. What happens when a…

S1E13 A national citizen science project to count insects!

Jul 09, 2024 14m

Bugs Matter is a national citizen science survey aiming to create a picture of insect decline in the UK by looking at the windscreen phenomenon. You may not remember this but there was once a time…

S1E12 The Not-So-Common Nightingale at Moat Farm Kent

Jun 21, 2024 23m

Rob Smith visits Moat Farm in Kent to figure out where the nightingales went and how farmer Michael Bax has been on a mission to bring them back. Learn all about nightingales, where they are found…

S1E11 Rewilding at the Knepp Estate

May 31, 2024 42m

Meet Charlie Burrell, Co-Owner of the Knepp Estate and Chair of Rewilding Britain. Some 20 years ago, Charlie and his wife Isabella Tree decided they needed to take a different approach on their…

S1E10 Conservation at Scotney Castle and Gardens

May 01, 2024 1h 4m

Join Rob Smith as he walks around Scotney Castle and Gardens learning about how the team here are managing the land for nature whilst welcoming 180,000 visitors a year. Rob meets Rebecca Rees,…

S1E9 Making Space for Nature at Nonnington Farms

Mar 29, 2024 56m

The Government has made legally-binding commitments to end nature declines and they've mandated local councils to propose actions and priorities for their areas through a Local Nature Recovery…

S1E8 Eco-Tourism at Elmley Nature Reserve

Feb 26, 2024 1h 2m

In this episode of Talk on the Wild Side, we explore the wetlands. First, we visit Elmley Nature Reserve, a private estate owned and managed by Gareth Fulton and his family. The reserve has been…

S1E7 It's time for National Grid to "Rethink Sea Link"

Jan 26, 2024 1h 2m

🦭The 7th episode of Talk on the Wild Side touches on a very important topic. The Sea Link cable National Grid are proposing will run through Sandwich and Pegwell Bay with a converter set to take up…

S1E6 Reintroducing Chough in Dover

Dec 22, 2023 1h 5m

We're choughed to bring you our 6th episode of Talk on the Wild Side, featuring the reintroduction of the red-billed chough to the Kent countryside thanks to a partnership with Kent Wildlife Trust,…

S1E5 Reintroducing Oysters in Essex

Nov 24, 2023 1h 4m

Rob Smith heads to Brightlingsea Marina in Essex to talk oysters with Matt Uttley, Restoration Project Manager at Blue Marine Foundation. He discovers the difference between our native oyster and the…

S1E4 Farming for Waders at RSPB's Northward Hill

Oct 27, 2023 56m

As the Autumnal months set in, we return for the 4th instalment of Kent Wildlife Trust's podcast; Talk on the Wild Side. In this episode, we head to RSPB Northward Hill Nature Reserve on the Hoo…

S1E3 Soil Science at the Natural History Museum

Sep 28, 2023 44m

Join us as we head deep into the Natural History Museum to private access areas where scientists are lurking. We meet Piotr Cuber, Senior Molecular Microbiologist at the Natural Museum to discuss…

S1E2 Low Carbon Lettuce at GrowUp Farms

Aug 25, 2023 1h 1m

As part of our second installment of Talk on the Wild Side, Rob visits GrowUp Farms in Sandwich; an unassuming building where the future of farming is being successfully implemented. Rob will be…

S1E1 Mob Grazing in Shadoxhurst

Jul 28, 2023 50m

In the first ever episode of Talk on the Wild Side, hosted by Rob Smith, you'll hear from Kent Wildlife Trust CEO, Evan Bowen-Jones, you'll join Rob on safari as he takes a tour of Oare Marshes with…

S1 Talk On The Wild Side Trailer

Jul 20, 2023 1m Trailer

Kent Wildlife Trust have teamed up with Rob Smith, previously co-anchor on the BBC South East Today news programme, to bring you an audio feast. This brand-new podcast will lift you out of your…

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Talk on the Wild Side has published 20 episodes since July 2023, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Nature.

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