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Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

By: National Trust
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 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 experts Rosie Holdsworth, Ajay Tegala and Heather Birkett 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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Episodes
  • The Climbers of Eryri | A Story of Ice and Flowers

    The Climbers of Eryri | A Story of Ice and Flowers
    Dec 24 2025
    The rock faces of Cwm Idwal are cold, dark and uninhabitable; unless what you love is to dangle off the frozen cliffs. Ice climbing takes you into a winter playground, but as the climate crisis thins the ice, how can climbers and conservationists work together to save one of the UK’s rarest flowers?

    Join ecologist and botanist Barbara Jones and ice climber Tom Carrick to scale one of Wales' most dramatic mountains and discover how the precious Lili'r Wyddfa (Snowdon Lily) can survive in this isolated location.
    For the Welsh transcript of this episode please click here

    Or copy this link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8820822-dringwyr-eryri-stori-am-ia-a-blodau/transcript

    [Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.
    Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.
    Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor.
    www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/

    Production
    Presenter: Rosie Holdsworth
    Producer: Marnie Woodmeade
    Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez
    Contributors
    Barbara Jones
    Tom Carrick
    Image credit: ©National Trust Images/John Millar

    Discover more
    If you want to visit Cwm Idwal you can find out more at the National Trusts website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/carneddau-and-glyderau/cwm-idwal-walk
    To see the temperature sensors, you can find them at the BMC website https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/cwm-idwal-welsh-winter-monitoring-system-live-and-upgraded
    You can also find the white guide and more winter mountaineering information here: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/mountaineering-resources

    For more on arctic alpines, here are some resources:
    Plants on the Edge: Arctic Alpines in Wales / Ar y dibyn: Planhigion Arctig Alpaidd yng Ngymru
    https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/mountain_plants_in_the_uk__undervalued_and_under_threat-13605


    Follow us @wildtalesnt Instagram account
    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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    20 mins
  • A Robin is not just for Christmas

    A Robin is not just for Christmas
    Dec 10 2025
    As the festive season unfolds, one familiar face keeps appearing – the little robin. But behind its cheerful presence, is there more to this charming bird’s story?
    National Trust ranger Rosie Holdsworth chats to garden wildlife specialist Sean McMenemy about the remarkable life of robins, revealing their fascinating year-round behaviour and why this beloved bird deserves to be celebrated all year long.


    (AD) Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.
    Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.
    Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor. www.cotswoldoutdoor.com

    Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts

    Production
    Presenter: Rosie Holdsworth
    Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris
    Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez
    Contributor: Sean McMenemy


    Discover more
    You can read Sean’s garden wildlife blog here: Sean McMenemy Wildlife Blog

    Follow us on our @wildtalesnt Instagram account

    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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    13 mins
  • Golf Course to Nature Reserve | Just Add Water?

    Golf Course to Nature Reserve | Just Add Water?
    Nov 26 2025
    How can a golf course become a place for nature and people to thrive? Ajay Tegala visits Sandilands in Lincolnshire over its first year as the once manicured lawns transform into a wetland habitat. But with one of the driest springs on record, can Sandilands go from one birdie to another? Will there be enough water for wading birds return?
    [Ad] Wild Tales is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, your outside retailer and epic guides to adventure.
    Quick breathers, calming walks or heart-pounding hikes. We feel better when we get out more.
    Find quality kit and 50 years of outdoor wisdom. Plus, supporters save 15% in-store and online. Feel in your element, in the elements, at Cotswold Outdoor.
    www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/

    Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts


    Production
    Presenter: Ajay Tegala
    Producer: Marnie Woodmeade
    Sound designer: Jesus Gomez

    Contributors
    Carl Hawke
    Kirsty James
    Dave Miller

    Special Credit: A big thanks to Jannis Bonner, composer student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, for their collaboration to this episode with the track "Breath of the Canopy".

    Eurasian booming bittern sfx:
    Author: Niels Krable
    Link: https://xeno-canto.org/100296

    Discover more

    If you want to visit Sandilands or keep up to date with their progress you can find them here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/sandilands
    Follow us @wildtalesnt Instagram account
    Image credit: ©National Trust Images/Rob Coleman
    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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    25 mins
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