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Listen in to our monthly podcast, In Conservation. Discover how what we do benefits wildlife and people, go ‘backstage’ at some of our most exciting events and activities and get to know some of the people behind our work with podcast host Sophie Baker for company.

In Conservation episode 12 - bats about bats

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Episode 12: Bats About Bats with Gwen

This episode is all about bats. Senior Monitoring and Research Officer Gwen Hitchcock knows all about these miraculous mammals through her work recording them, and we find out what it is we do to keep tabs on them - and what amazing creatures they really are - whilst scouting for sites for monitoring them at Strawberry Hill. Find out what links jazz hands, wet slaps and inbuilt ear defenders... hint: it's bats. Amazing!

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Episode 11: Wilding Communities with Matt

Find out how we're getting communities involved with wildlife and wild places in Luton with our Communities and Education Manager Matt Sutcliffe - and the principles of keeping young people interested and engaged through some of their most difficult teenage years of educational and social change.

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Episode 10: The Wildlife of the Fens with Henry

Find out about the wildlife that can be found colonising, and recolonising, our huge wetland restoration project in Cambridgeshire.

Ep 9: When to Mow a Meadow with Becky

Episode 9: When to Mow a Meadow with Becky

Cutting back our meadows in summer often looks brutal. Find out why we do it, and how we determine when to do it.

In Conservation Episode 8: The wonders of ancient woodlands

Episode 8: The Wonders of Ancient Woodland with Matt

Explore Wistow Wood, an ancient woodland of the Fen Edge in Cambridgeshire

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Episode 7: Nearly Dawn Chorus with Nathan

Join Nathan and Sophie as they stroll around a Cambridgeshire nature reserve to listen to an early morning chorus.

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Episode 6: Grazing's Amazing with Thomas

Senior Livestock Manager Thomas Baker chats all things lawnmower - cows, sheep, pigs - and the amazing people who look after them.

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Episode 5: Beavers About with Matt, Ben and Pete

Podcast host Sophie Baker gets a front row seat to the historic release of eight beavers to our Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Northants.

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Episode 4: A Great Fen for People with Lorna and Alison

Great Fen Project Manager Lorna Parker and Communities & Education Manager Alison Chaves chat about our Peatland Progress project

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Episode 3: Strawberry Hill Forever with Chantelle

Take a tour of our newest nature reserve Strawberry Hill with Conservation Officer Chantelle Warriner

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Episode 2: Car parks and pavements with Iain

Iain Webb takes podcast host Sophie on a surprisingly rich car park wildlife safari

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Episode 1: Moth Talk with Mischa

Join podcast host Sophie Baker as she and Mischa Cross, Senior Reserves Officer at Pitsford Water, open the daily moth trap.

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