Into The Wild

You may have noticed on our socials that we have some changes & new things coming your way on Into The Wild. After 3 years of weekly shows, interviewing & learning from people around the world about wildlife & conservation, we have decided to shake things up. This episode we share all about what you can expect from future episodes on your FAVOURITE nature podcast! To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics

Regular listeners of Into The Wild will know that as part of our big project, Beyond The Trigger, we have explored community conservation in Namibia quite a bit & very recently I had the pleasure of being introduced to a wonderful person called Bupe who is studying here in England. Bupe was telling me all about the wonderful community work she is involved with her country of Zambia & very quickly I thought, I want more people to hear this. As well as representing the Zambian youth for Zambia's CBNRM (Community Based Natural Resource Management), Bupe also is involved with the Community Leaders Network across southern Africa & briefly explains what this organisation is & what it stands for. If you'd like to keep up to date with Bupe, you can do so on social media @Bupe_25288 To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics

If you're into nature (& of course you are, that's why you're here right?) then photography, even just via your smart phone, is something you'll most likely try at some point, but how does that work when your subjects are......well, sometimes, tiny. This week I'm joined by nature writer & photographer of the insects Gail Ashton who sheds some light of what it takes to get up close & personal on bugs via the lens. Gail & I also take a moment to discuss why most celebrated wildlife photographers are white men & why this can easily change. If you'd like to keep up to date with Gail, then you can follow her on social media @GailAshton To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics  

Have you ever met someone, heard them speak about the natural world & just thought, "yes.....you are a fabulous person"? Because that's exactly what I thought when I met & spoke with this week's guest, naturalist, author, campaigner, Dr Amy Jane Beer. Starting with rivers, a passion & important part of Amy's life, we dive into what they do, what they have, what they represent & what they can give. Amy shares how rivers ended up playing not only an important part in her life, but a deep emotional one too. We also managed to grab time to talk about the Right to Roam campaign & the recent decision to stop wild camping on Dartmoor (the last place it was legal to do so). If you'd like to keep up to date with Amy, then you can follow her on social media @AmyJaneBeer To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics

Around the world, on a daily basis (& sometimes to the greatest of extremes) animals, both domestic & wild, are used for human's benefit, but, do we ever stop & think about how we use the, why we use them, should we use them or are we doing it in the right way? Vet & naturalist Alick Simmons joins us this week to discuss this very topic & how he refers to this in his new book, Treated Like Animals.  If you'd like to keep up to date with Alick, then you can follow her on social media @AlickSimmons To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics

This week's show is a topic that many of you have been calling out for, & finally, we deliver. As each year comes, for many of us the worry, dread & anxiety of the climate crisis grows stronger & stronger. With this in mind, it's no wonder that eco anxiety & battles with mental health brought on from climate change are also on the rise. To talk to me about activism within this vital movement & how it plays such a strong part on mental health, is author & climate activist Tori Tsui. If you'd like to keep up to date with Tori, then you can follow her on social media @ToriTsui_ To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

It's one thing to want wildlife, especially the big mega fauna like lions, tigers & leopards, to thrive & do well in the wild, but it's another to stop & consider what will happen if their populations grow alongside human populations. Indigenous communities have lived alongside wildlife & with nature since forever but as pressures from the western world (both past & presence) mean predators are forced to live closer & closer, the consequences grow more severe. Prof Adam Hart, someone who has been on the show a few times before, has focused on human / wildlife conflicts a lot in his career & his new book, The Deadly Balance, looks at how different species bring their different challenges. If you'd like to keep up to date with Prof Adam Hart, then you can follow him on social media @AdamHartScience To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.  

Welcome back nerds & happy new year to you all! Butterflies & moths are the same. Just like a pigeon & a parrot are both birds, butterflies & moths are both Lepidoptera, so why is there so much hate on moths & so much love for butterflies? Well maybe the name doesn't help BUT to help me talk about this & about moths of the UK is naturalist & author of Much Ado About Mothing, James Lowen. From how many species, James's favourite & how moths have & continue to benefit our lives even away from the natural world! If you would like to grab a copy of Much Ado About Mothing click here. If you'd like to keep up to date with James, you can follow him on social media at @JLowenWildlife To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

As much as I cringe at the very thought of uploading this episode & my inner voice screaming "THIS IS SO EGOTISTICAL!!" I still much hit the 'publish' on Podbean for the last time of 2022 & share with you an episode where I, Ryan, am the guest. The reason this is happening is because over the last year, whenever I have asked on Twitter or Instagram for suggestions of topics, guests or organisations to talk to, I often have replies or DMs asking me to do an episode where I am being interviewed, so Oscar finally twisted my arm & convinced me to do this for the last show of the year. In this episode, previous guests & HUGE pals of mine Chantelle Lindsay & Lucy Hodson (Lappers) quiz me about favourite episodes, how my mindset has changed over the years & tackling difficult topics. To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.

Throughout our almost 3 years of Into The Wild, I have mentioned countless times about the diversity & power of community of the city I live in, London. Despite me knowing the amount of wildlife this place holds, I still get a bit frustrated when I hear people say otherwise. That's why I was pumped to see The London Wild Trust release a new book called London in the Wild, a book platforming great minds & sharing wonderful detail of the green & blue spaces & all it's inhabitants of the big smoke......London. In this episode I speak with 3 of the 10 contributors, Mathew Frith, Daniel Greenwood & Amy Pryor about their section of the book & how they found the process of sharing their wealth of experience. If you would like to grab a copy of London in the Wild, click here If you'd like to keep up to date with London Wildlife Trust, then you can follow them on social media @LondonWildlifeTrust To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics. This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.