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In Conservation With… is a series of Zoom interviews with some of the leading figures in the natural history sector. Watch past conservation conservations with birders, ornithologists, biologists, conservationists, broadcasters, writers, opinion leaders and today’s big thinkers.
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Jim G. Mastro and Jerry Kooyman
A Journey with Emperor Penguins
Nils van Duivendijk and Marc Guyt
Changing the face of bird ID guides
Sophie A. H. Osborn
A journey of discovery among endangered birds
Jim Moir
Arty birds
Joe Pender
Pelagics and seabird photography
Andrew Birch & Cin Ty Lee
North American Flycatchers - Unlocking the most difficult bird families to identify
Jeff Ollerton
Birds as pollinators
Rafael Armada
Bird conservation through photography
Peter Eeles
Rare Butterflies in the UK and Ireland
Rebecca Heisman
Understanding Bird Migration
Lillian Stokes and Matthew Young
Finches of the US and Canada
Kate Bradbury
Saving the world – one garden at a time
Erica McAlister
How Insects Have Changed Our World
Lira Valencia
Normalising the urban wildlife experience
Joe Shute
It's a Rat's life!
Georgie Bray
Farming for Nature
Virginia Rose
Birding with disabilities
James Van Remsen
The discussion against the eponymous name changes for North America's birds
Chantal Lyons
Living with Wild Boar in the UK
James Macdonald Lockhart
Wild Air: a celebration of bird sounds
Dorian Anderson
Cycling across America for Birds!
Stephen Menzie
Life at Falsterbo Bird Observatory, Sweden
Alvaro Jaramillo
Desert Storm Petrels
ATM
Painting for conservation
Mark Thomas
Bird crime Report
Kenn Kaufman
Renaming North America's Birds
Gina Nichol
Running nature tours in the US
Michael Copleston
The UK's Wild Bird Superhighway!
Darren Naish
Crytozoology - does Bigfoot exist?
Jeff Knott
What is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds?
Merilyn Simonds
Louise de Kiriline Lawrence - an extraordinary recluse who changed the way we see birds
Stephen Moss
Owls!
Stephen Menzie
The secrets of bird moult, ageing and identification
Mary Colwell
A Woman on a Mission
Mark Cocker
In Celebration of Swifts
Mark Avery
The state of conservation for wildlife in the UK
Heather Wolf
Find More Birds!
Prof. Richard D. Gregory
The State of Nature Report 2023
Jennifer Ackerman
What An Owl Knows
Lev Parikian
Flights of fancy
Nick Acheson
Cycling in search of geese
Keggie Carew
Animals and us – the 40,000 year story
Dr. Karen Bakker
The Sounds of Life
Nicholas Barbara and Alice Tribe
Protecting migrating birds in Malta
Mike Dilger
1000 plants in 365 days
Juan Benito
Guide to the birds that you will never see!
Khwankhao Sinhaseni
Protecting the Spoonbill Sandpiper in Thailand
Arjan Dwarshuis
My BIG Year
Marc Guyt
The quest to create the ultimate photo ID-guide
Mike Toms
Into the Red
Ian Parsons
Wildlife in Britain through the seasons
Mike Unwin
Around the World in 80 Birds
Conor Jameson
The life of Naturalist W H Hudson
Professor Frank Rennie
The secret life of the Corncrake
Killian Mullarney
The making of the birders bible - Collins Bird Guide 3rd edition
Florence Wilkinson
Wildlife in our cities
Dr Amy-Jane Beer
Going with the flow of our rivers
Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Naked for Conservation
Ajay Tegala
Confessions of a Nature Ranger
Barend van Gemerden
Conserving Migratory Birds
Yifan Li
Birding in China
Dr Bob Planque
The story of Xeno-canto
Andrew Budziak
Urban Wildlife Photography
Bella Lack
Tomorrow's conservationists
Hans Pohlmann
Saving Europe's Vultures
Geoffroy Citegetse
BirdLife Senegal and the Great Green Wall
Dale Forbes
Birderwatching
Glenn Bartley
The World of Hummers!
Richard Prum
Bird SEX!
Peter Cairns
Scotland: The Big Picture
Gerard Gorman
Wrynecks and other woodpeckers
Rodney Stotts & Kate Pipkin
Raptors and healing
Rosemary Mosco
A Guide to Pigeon Watching
Lev Parikian
Britain in 72 seasons
Jon Dunn
Orchids
Diego Calderón
Birding with FARC in Colombia
Dr Alex Lees
Vagrancy in Birds
Ian Parsons
Vultures in Spain
Eric Eaton
A Waspy Subject
Tim Appleton
The Future of Birdfairs
Kwesia X
A City Girl in Nature
Vic Fairbrother & Ken Hutchinson
Ring Ouzels!
Jon Dunn
The Glitter in the Green – in search of Hummingbirds
Stephen Moss
The Swan
Dr Amy-Jane Beer
A Tree A Day
Ben Hoare
Wild cities
Sarah Fowler
Love Sharks!
Chris Leahy
Birdpedia!
David Lindo
Birding in Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain
Paul Brock
Britain's Insects
Joe Shute
What do you know about the weather?
Paul McGuinness
Editing the world’s most famous wildlife magazine
Tessa Boase
Etta Lemon - a mother of the RSPB
Dave Gandy
Urban Birding in Bangkok
Charlie Corbett
12 Birds To Save Your Life
Tim Beatley
Making Cities Bird Friendly
James Lowen
Much Ado About Mothing
Les Stroud
Surviving in Nature
Johannes Jansen
Batumi Raptor Count
Sam Lee
Nightingales
Katharine Norbury
Women On Nature
Sarah Gibson
Swifts & Us
Scott Weidensaul
The Wonders of Bird Migration
Kate Bradbury
Creating a garden Pond
David Tipling
An audience with one of the UK’s top bird photographers
Mary Colwell
Sparking Future Conservationists with a GCSE in Natural History
Mandi Baykaa-Murray
The Feather Lady
Mary Colwell
Saving the Curlews
Margaret Atwood
Thoughts about the Natural World
Ben Fogle
A Man of the World
Celina Chien
Decolonising Conservation
Joe Harkness
Does Bird Therapy work?
Silas Olofson
Birding the Faroe Islands
Alice Tribe
Saving Malta's Birds
Kirsty Franklin
Virtual Bird Counting
Ruth Weaver
Pandemic borne artistry
Graham Appleton
Waders: A Cause for Concern
Lucy Jones
Nature & Mental Health
Dr Amy-Jane Beer
Women in Nature
ATM
The Writing Is On The Wall
Elle Kaye
The A-Z of modern bird taxidermy
Lucy Lapwing
The UK's weird & wonderful wildlife
Amy Hall
he Cameron Bespolka Trust
Indy Kiemal Greene
Fighting Raptor Persecution
Benedict Macdonald
Rewilding and the Urban Ecological Tidiness Disorder
Wendy Clark
The Birding World's Wonder Woman
Corina Newsome
A woman of colour in nature
Dave Goulson
Tails of Bumblebees
Alison Steadman
Speaking with a National Treasure!
Melissa Groo
Conservation storytelling with a master wildlife biographer
Emma Mitchell
Maintaining Mental Health through Nature
Joel Ashton
Urban Wildlife Gardening
Heather Wolf
Birding Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Paschalis Dougalis
Studies in nature
Amir Balaban
Art & Urban Nature in Israel
Keith Betton
Public speaking in the conservation sector
Terry Townshend
Birding in Beijing
Scott Weidensaul & Barbara Vickery
The Birds of Maine, USA
RICK SIMPSON (Wader Quest)
Saving the world's Waders
Melissa Harrison
Conversations with a Nature Novelist
Lawrence Bee
Britain's Spiders
MATT & PATRICK
Finch research
OLLIE OLANIPEKIN & NADEEM PERERA
Flock Together!
KATE MCCGWIRE
The Art of Feathers
PER ALSTRÖM
The taxonomy of birds
POLLY MORGAN
Creating art from taxidermy
JEN BRUMFIELD
Birding & rarity hunting in the US
DOMINIC COUZENS
Garden Birds
ERICA MCALISTER
Why we should love flies!
DOUG TALLAMY
A grassroots approach to conservation
LEV PARIKIAN
How do we respond to nature?
DARLENE CAVALIER
Being a Citizen Scientist
NICK BAKER
It's a bug's life!
CHRIS WATSON
Tips on recording wildlife
GILLIAN BURKE
A Woman in Natural History
CHRIS WOOD
How eBird works
SACHA DENCH
The Flight of the Ospreys
KATE JONES
Covid-19 Bats
KATHRYN AALTO
Women in Nature
SILAS OLOFSON
The Birds of Mongolia
CAROLINE LUCAS MP
Diversity & our relationship with nature
EDWARD MAYER
Saving our Swifts
MATT MERRITT
Editing a birding magazine
JACK PERKS
Britain's Fish
ROBERT MACFARLANE
Inside the mind of a prolific writer
LIZZIE BRUCE
Running a nature reserve
MARK CARWARDINE
The wonderful world of cetaceans
TIM APPLETON
The Godfather of all bird fair
STEPHEN MOSS
The basics of nature writing
MIRIAM DARLINGTON
Inside the mind of a nature writer
HARRIET MEAD
Meet the creator of welded sculptures of wildlife
MATT YOUNG
Talks about Crossbills
PER ALSTRÖM
Are there more hidden species out there?
JULIO DELGADO
Birding in Colombia
BALÁZS SZIGETI
The birding and wildlife of Mongolia
LUKE PATERSON
Birding in the Northern Territory, Australia
MARTIN KELSEY OBE
Birding in Extremadura
SACHA BARBATO
Travel post coronavirus
JONATHAN MEYRAV
Champions of the Flyway and birding in Israel
TONY JUNIPER CBE
Tony talks about the work of Natural England
KABIR KAUL
An influential 14 year old's view of the Wild Side of London
SZABOLCS KÓKAY
'Sabi' paints an Ortolan Bunting live
KATE BRADBURY
Wildlife Garden Advice
STUART WINTER
Tales of a Twitching Journalist
JOEL ASHTON
Planning your garden: Ponds
PAUL HACKETT
The basics of phonescoping
NIKI & SIMON
The raptor migrations and eco-tourism
MILAN RUŽIĆ
Learn about Serbia's phenomenal Long-eared Owl roosts
SHARON STITLER
Sharon talks about her birding life
DREW LANHAM
Colouring the conservation conversation
RUTH & ALAN
One of the most travelled birder partnerships in the world
KENN KAUFMAN
Birder, writer, artist and living legend speaks about his work
CHRIS WATSON
The compositions of bird songs
DARREN WOODHEAD
Style of watercolour art
DAWN BALMER
Bird surveys and how to do them
IOLO WILLIAMS
British and Welsh wildlife presenter