Here at the Trust, we know that many people share our enthusiasm for all things nature.
Our year of wildlife podcasts finished in March 2009, but you can still download the wildlife podcasts below.
Each month brings you a selection of just some of the many and varied projects that National Trust wardens encounter on a day to day basis. From Mountain hares to cuddly cows, the wildlife podcast is a great way to find out more about the great outdoors.
March podcast
© NTPL / David Levenson
With a heavy heart, we have arrived at the last in our series of our wildlife podcasts. But we thought that we’d leave with you with your mouth watering, as we head off to Stourhead to catch up with the award-winning farmer and drop by the farm shop and restaurant. There is also a montage of highlights from our year of podcasting to enjoy…
February podcast
© NTPL / Joe Cornish
February’s here already, and this month we celebrate two iconic spots of National Trust wild beauty. Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire marks 110 years with the Trust this year, and Lundy Island a respectable 40!
January podcast
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We see in the New Year with a trip to Whitehaven, meet Robyn Davies - a Trust employee with a rather unusual role, and Matthew Oates gives us a run down of the highs and lows of 2008 in the butterflying year.
December podcast
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We head off to the stunning Kynance Cove, encounter a flock of choughs and learn all about that most amorous of plants - mistletoe.
November podcast
© NTPL / Joe Cornish
Ten years on from the campaign to save it, we find out how the Hafod y Llan estate in Snowdonia is coping with the demands of modern-day farming and ecology.
Autumnwatch special podcasts
© NTPL / Neil Johnson
Find out how our Brownsea mole, Martha Roberts got on during her stay on Brownsea Island during the filming of the BBC's Autumnwatch.
October podcast
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This month, the Cerne Giant gets a make over, we find out why water is such a hot topic and we catch up with Bill Oddie and Kate Humble in advance of this year's Autumnwatch on Brownsea Island.
September podcast
© NTPL / Derek Croucher
September sees Mike Collins taking in the scenery at Allen Banks, Sophie Gaffney delving into the mysterious world of the Lacock bats and as ever, Martha Roberts joins resident butterfly-nut Matthew Oates on the trail of the Brown Hairstreak butterfly.
August podcast
© National Trust / Mike Collins
This month we explore puffin burrows, beautiful gardens and the tops of trees, hunting out the weird, wonderful and exciting wildlife that surrounds us.
July podcast
© National Trust / Christian Peterson
Spring has turned to summer, and we get out and about in John Lennon's back garden, we go on the trail of the Large Blue Butterfly and join a ranger on patrol at a post-solstice Stonehenge.
June: we took a break!
May podcast
© National Trust / Martha Roberts
This month we get up at the crack of dawn to enjoy a chorus with a difference - the performers are toads, not birds! We also visit a farm saved from development by Beatrix Potter, and Matthew Oates leads us into the intimate world of the Duke of Burgandy butterfly.
April podcast
© National Trust / Martha Roberts
This month we take a trip across the water to Brownsea island to talk to the longest serving warden on the island about the birds and beasts of Brownsea, discover just what is so special about Belted Galloway cows and what has happened to the Glanville Fritillary smuggled by 'fairies' to Weston Super Mare.
March podcast
© National Trust / Martha Roberts
As March rolls in, we take to the hills on the search for the elusive Mountain Hare in the Peak District. We also catch up with the Trust’s only volunteer geologist in Dovedale to talk life as a volunteer and the mystery of Dovedale’s disappearing rivers. Finally, join Matthew Oates - the world’s biggest butterfly lover, as he attempts to track down the wandering caterpillars of the Marsh Fritillary butterfly.
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