The Knepp Wilding Podcast

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• 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…

• 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…