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Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

Delve into intriguing stories from our weird, wonderful and utterly wild world.

You’ll experience nature in a whole new way, from untangling the strange world of spider sex and digging up the greatest fossil finds, to meeting mysterious ocean giants and finding out why there’s no such thing as a seagull.

Join rangers Rosie Holdsworth and Ajay Tegala on adventures in the UK’s diverse habitats and uncover fascinating tales that connect us with wildlife.

New Wild Tales are released twice a month.

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Get in touch with feedback and your favourite topics on instagram www.instagram.com/wildtalesnt or by emailing podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

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This podcast is made by the National Trust, Europe’s biggest conservation charity. Looking after history, nature and beauty for everyone to enjoy.

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Latest Episodes:

Dam Engineers | The Beavers of Holnicote Jun 03, 2021

Show notes

Exmoor National Park and the Holnicote estate is known for its rolling hills, green pastures and flowing rivers, but these natural features also pose an ecological threat.
To engineer a solution, our area rangers have sought the help of a rather mischievous workforce of Beavers.
Once hunted to extinction, Beavers have now been reintroduced into Britain's Habitats to play a vital role in protecting our environment.
Production
Host: Kate Martin
Producer: Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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For more information about Holnicote please visit: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/countryside-woodland/explore-holnicote-estate
To experience a virtual tour of the Beaver enclosure please visit:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/virtual-visit/virtual-tour-of-holnicote-beaver-enclosure

Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wellbeing Walks | Nature and Mental Health May 20, 2021

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Experiencing nature and connecting with the world around us has been proven to have positive and lasting effects on our mental health and wellbeing.
Created by 3x students from Bristol using sounds and music created in the natural world, this episode aims to transport you away from the hustle and bustle, and into a calm, relaxing soundscape.
Think of the most idyllic woodland your mind can imagine; the dappled sunlight, chirping birds and babbling brooks.
Now imagine you could visit this paradise without ever leaving your home. Welcome to Wellbeing Walks.
Production
Host: Kate Martin
Producer: Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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For our favourite walks at National Trust Places please visit: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/walking
For more information and up to date research surrounding mental health and access to nature please visit the NHS page: https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/green-social-prescribing/
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Introducing: 125 Treasures | The Elephant in the Room May 06, 2021

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Join Actress Alison Steadman as she explores some of the most intriguing objects in the National Trust’s collections.
In the first episode from this series we uncover an 18th century, mechanical marvel, hidden behind the doors at Waddesdon Manor.
Once part of a prized collection by the Rothschild family and the creation of master clock maker Hubert Martinet, this treasure is an elephant in the room that needs to be mentioned.
Production
Host: Alison Steadman
Producer: Claire Hickinbotham/Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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This mini series shares it's name with a National Trust book, to find out more and to browse other reads in our collection please visit:
shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-125-treasures.html
To find out more about Waddesdon Manor please visit:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/waddesdon
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Operation Hillside | Lifting the Official Secrets Act Apr 15, 2021

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Once the home of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Hughenden Manor played an important role in helping to shape the outcome of World War 2.
A chance encounter between a former British intelligence operative and a National Trust volunteer uncovers mysteries from inside a once top secret headquarters.
Production
Host: James Grasby
Producer: Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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To find out more about Hughenden Manor please visit:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/hughenden
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

The Dior Of Decor | Fashion and Photography Apr 01, 2021

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Rainham Hall’s Anthony Denny; a name you’ve probably never heard, but one that’s likely influenced the clothes you wear, how you decorate and furnish your home and even the food you eat.
In the first episode of a brand-new series of the National Trust podcast. We take a look at the fashion and photography of an artist responsible for some of the most iconic covers of British Vogue and explore his life as he lived at Rainham Hall.
Production
Host: Sean Douglas
Producer: Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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To find out more about Rainham Hall please visit:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/rainham-hall
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Counting out the Puffins | Farne Islands | Revisited Mar 18, 2021

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Revisit a classic and one of our favourite episodes.
Ranger and presenter Kate Martin braves the North Sea and head to the remote Northumbrian Farne Islands.
There, she encounters one of Britain’s most entertaining bird species, the Atlantic Puffin and learns just what it takes to secure their feathery future.
Production
Host: Kate Martin
Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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Learn more about the Farne Islands, Puffins and other sea birds
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/farne-islands
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

The Juicy Details of Apple Grafting | Revisited Feb 09, 2021

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Revisit a classic and one of our favourite episodes from the archives.
Join Sean Douglas as he heads to the National Trust’s annual apple grafting festival at the Cotehele Estate, Cornwall, to unravel the scions from the rootstocks and sow the seeds of love in this quaint cornish orchard.
Production
Host: Sean Douglas
Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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Learn more about Cotehele's orchards and the care that goes into preserving some of the most delicious fruits around the UK.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele/our-work-coteheles-orchards
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Inside the Secret Plant Conservation Centre | Revisited Jan 21, 2021

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Revisit a classic and one of our favourite episodes from the archives.
Presenter and gardener, Alan Power, navigates his way to the National Trust's Plant Conservation Centre, hidden away in a top secret location, to see exactly what it takes to look after some of the planets most important plant species.
Production
Host: Alan Power
Producer: Sean Douglas
Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
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Learn more about our work and conservation efforts here
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/our-cause/nature-climate/nature-conservation/plant-conservation-centre
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

A Mystery Guest at the Beatles Childhood Homes | Revisited Dec 24, 2020

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Whilst we break for the holidays and prepare for the launch of series 5, we’re revisiting some of our favourite episodes from the archives. This month it’s ‘A Mystery Guest at the Beatles Childhood Homes’ from Series 3.
In this episode, a famous mystery guest joins a public tour of John Lennon’s childhood home. So, can you guess who the mystery man is before he is revealed? Listen to see if you’ve got what it takes.
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To find out about visiting Forthlin Road head to https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/liverpool-lancashire/the-beatles-childhood-homes
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

Taste Along With Wainwright | Synaesthesia & Nature Nov 19, 2020

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In our first taste along episode, Ranger Kate Martin and her mystery guest experience a Lake District walk in an intriguingly new way.
If you’d like to taste along with Kate, you’ll need some fruit chews, mac & cheese, mint bubble filled chocolates and some cream soda.
Extracts from this episode were taken from Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guides to The Lakeland Fells.
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For more podcasts from the National Trust, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

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