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The Knepp Wilding Podcast

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Latest episodes

  • An Osprey Nest for Knepp

    October 6, 2026 · 30 min

    On the day that Tim Mackrill and his team install an osprey nesting platform at Knepp, Isabella Tree grabs the chance to chat to the raptor reintroduction specialist about his work and his vision for ospreys and other birds of prey in…

  • Bringing Back the Bison

    September 1, 2026 · 34 min

    Derek Gow is one of the UK’s most ardent and proactive reintroduction specialists. The Guardian calls him ‘the guerrilla rewilder’. Join his impassioned conversation with Isabella Tree as they discuss the possibilities of restoring bison…

  • The Return of the Black-veined White

    August 4, 2026 · 33 min

    Join Isabella Tree and butterfly man Neil Hulme as they anticipate the exciting reintroduction of the black-veined white – a butterfly that went extinct in Britain a hundred years ago. Standing in front of the cages at Knepp where…

  • Slippery Slope: The Secret Life of Eels

    July 7, 2026 · 26 min

    Isabella Tree catches up with Carl Sayer, Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at University College London - aka the Eel Man - as he prepares for this year’s survey of Knepp’s eels. Once bountiful in the UK, eels have all but…

  • Snakes and lizards

    June 2, 2026 · 35 min

    Meet Reuben Martin, a seventeen-year-old herpetologist who has been monitoring Knepp’s snakes and lizards with his father Tim. Reuben’s ability to read a landscape and know where snakes and lizards lurk is extraordinary. He is passionate…

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  • Bug Life Garden

    May 6, 2026 · 36 min

    Compared to other insects, bees are pretty hopeless pollinators. Flies, on the other hand, can pollinate plants and kill your aphids.  Join Isabella Tree as she finds out what gets Erica McAlister, Principal Curator at the Natural History…

  • Graze Expectations – how Knepp’s animals capture carbon

    April 7, 2026 · 31 min

    For many people, rewilding is a one-trick pony – it’s great for restoring nature and wildlife, but does it do anything for climate change? In this episode, Isabella asks her daughter Nancy Burrell about her doctorate research at Knepp and…

  • Look Who’s Storking Too!

    March 3, 2026 · 34 min

    Isabella Tree catches up with two of the White Stork Project volunteers, Tim Morgan and Rosemary Dewan, as they prepare food for the non-flying storks in the pen at Knepp. It’s a freezing day with slashing rain, typical of the weather the…

  • Talking Trees

    February 3, 2026 · 31 min

    Isabella’s guest is Harriet Rix, the Indiana Jones of tree science. She’s chased down rare trees in some of the remotest, wildest places in the world, and in the UK she’s worked for DEFRA, researching tree diseases and strategies for trees…

  • Is England Beaver Ready?

    January 6, 2026 · 39 min

    Not according to Mark Elliot, beaver expert and Isabella Tree’s latest podcast guest. Licensed beaver pens – designed by Government as the first stage to wider release over three years ago – are beginning to fail. Beavers, including those…

  • Headwinds and hope: Tony Juniper on Why Nature Restoration is a Path to Economic Growth

    December 2, 2025 · 34 min

    This time we are absolutely delighted to welcome Tony Juniper to the Knepp Wilding Podcast. Tony is well-known to us here at Knepp. A massive supporter of rewilding and an important figure in the conservation world, Tony is currently…

  • Rebelling with Integrity: Geetie & Guy Singh-Watson on Food, Farming, and Fairness

    November 4, 2025 · 32 min

    Geetie and Guy Singh-Watson are powerhouses of the organic and regenerative food and farming movement. They’re the inspiration behind the Knepp Wilding Kitchen and Market Garden.  In this month’s podcast with Isabella Tree, Geetie and Guy…

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About the show

Join Knepp co-owner Isabella Tree and experience some of the wildlife wonders encountered, the secrets uncovered and the remarkable people who are part of the Knepp Wilding project.