Harry and Mark speak with Butterfly Conservation Youth Panel member Casper Rocher all about butterflies and moths, what a ranger does, why we trap moths, whether illegal reintroductions are a good or a bad thing, the importance of insect genitalia, ticking off all the butterflies, local extinctions, why moths like light, and much more besides.

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You can sign up to the BC Youth Panel zine 'Chattypillar' here: https://butterfly-conservation.org/youth-panel

Casper's Instagram is: @/caspersbutterflies

You can register a wild space here: https://wild-spaces.co.uk/

In this episode Harry and Mark talk with Kit all about bees! Differences between eusocial and solitary bees. Honeybees vs native bees. What is a bee?! How to conserve bees. I'm covered in bees! and much more.

You can support Kit here - https://www.patreon.com/TheBeeBabette

You can support Wilder People here -https://patreon.com/WilderPeople

In today's episode Harry and Mark speak with Jack Durant, co-director of Youngwilders, an NGO dedicated to youth-led nature recovery. We yammer about all sorts of topics including setting up an NGO, slowworm bites, fighting with giant hogweed, the holy texts of rewilding, and much much more.

You can support Youngwilders here - https://www.youngwilders.org

And you can support Wilder People here - https://tinyurl.com/3v38fsh7

Harry and Mark are joined by local legends Aaron and Ady to talk all things swifts, martins and swallows.

To get in touch with Aaron for some details on supply and installation of house Martin nest cups, please email housemartincups@outlook.com

If you're a wilder person and would like to be a guest on our show, please contact thewilderpeoplepod@gmail.com.

Mark and Harry speak with custard cream enthusiast and Rewilding Ranger, Dan Hill, about Heal Rewilding, the Somerset Levels, approaches to hedgerow management, definitions of rewilding, beavers, his dream wildlife re-introductions, and much more!

Heal Rewilding: https://www.healrewilding.org.uk

Harry and Mark speak with wilder person David Lindo aka The Urban Birder. See below for his links and many accolades and accomplishments.

The Urban Birder
www.theurbanbirderworld.com

◾ Vice-President of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Voted 7th most influential person in Wildlife by BBC Wildlife Magazine.

◾ Proud Ambassador for Kowa Sporting Optics, OM System, Páramo Directional Clothing, Hidden Hearing, London Wildlife Trust, Lundy Island, Colombia Bird Fair, Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, Conservation Without Borders, Birding For All, British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory & Peak Design

◾ Member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers.

◾ Founder of Vote for Britain's National Bird Campaign.

◾ Awards: HH Bloomer Award 2021 - Linnean Society of London / shortlisted for 2020 PPA Columnist of the Year / shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Childrens Writing

◾ Stage play - City Birder - about The Urban Birder's life performed at Wroclaw Contemporary Theatre, Poland

Join The Urban Birder World Membership here

Follow on Twitter: @urbanbirder
Instagram: theurbanbirder

And FaceBook: TheUrbanBirder

Harry and Mark chat with wilder person and ecologist Paul Carter about how he came to be interested in biodiversity, what a private sector ecologist does, how parasitic worms in ponds can act as flashbulb moments, why interventions need to come with a buffet, Biodiversity Net Gain as a concept, rating and assessing habitats, native vs. invasive species, Paul's shocking contention that humans might be a problem, controlling populations and anti-natalism, changing hearts and minds, and much much more.

Ask us a question or request a guest: thewilderpeoplepod@gmail.com

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Harry and Mark try our damndest to keep this episode under an hour as we chat about SOME of our favourite books on rewilding, environmentalism and wildlife.