The Podcast for nature nuts from wildlife cameraman Jack Perks. Jack interviews celebrities, artists, scientists and conservationists giving a light hearted look into their specialisms, stories and backgrounds seeing what drives people to become so utterly fascinated by the natural world.
Episodes
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Welcome back to a special episode of the podcast where we cover the rather big topic of predation in angling! Otters, Cormorants we cover them both as we chat to Mark Owen from the Angling Trust and Dave Webb for The UK Wild Otter Trust!
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Angling Trust - UK Wild Otter Trust
Papers Mentioned
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6375
https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf09038
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2013.798258
https://community.rspb.org.uk/getinvolved/wales/b/wales-blog/posts/the-future-of-fish-eating-birds
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
In the last episode of season 2, I speak with three guests from the UK Sturgeon Alliance in the form of Jenny Murray from Blue Marine Foundation, Hannah McCormick from London Zoological Society & Steve Colclough from Institute of Fisheries Management. We discuss the history of sturgeon in the UK and its potential future of returning.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
This week in the penultimate episode for this season I have long time friend and wildlife filmmaker Laura Turner and her cat Henry! We talk about what cat owners can do to limit the damage cats do and how to protect your garden from cats if your gardener.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
In todays podcast I speak to Rachel Mulrenan & Matt Palmer from Wildfish Cons to talk about salmon farming and how it impacts wild salmon stocks.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
In this weeks episode I talk to one of the top professional underwater photographers in the world Alex Mustard. We talk about who inspired him in the industry, how to get into it and what aspects he maybe doesn't like about it.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
This week my guest is Ashleigh Whiffin Ash is an entomologist and curator at National Museums Scotland, based in Edinburgh. For the last 8+ years she's been responsible for the care and development of the museum's insect collection, containing approximately 2.5 million preserved specimens. She's an advocate for the less glamorous insects and her greatest love are carrion beetles. Follow more beetle appreciation and a peek behind the scenes at the museum, follow her on social media (Twitter: @AshWhiffin / Instagram: ash_whiffin )
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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
In today's episode Jack heads out with Luke Butel an estates manager who controls deer numbers in the East Midlands. We talk about the damage deer do to the wider environment, how its undertaken and whats done with the meat afterwards.
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Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
This week on the podcast we have Hannah Rudd. Hannah Rudd is a marine biologist and writer, based in Suffolk, who has studied sharks in global marine hotspots, including South Africa and the Maldives. Her first book, Britain’s Living Seas, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trusts and Bloomsbury Publishing is out now. Hannah is currently the Policy & Advocacy Manager for the Angling Trust, a co-founder and marine scientist for Shark Hub UK, and a Youth Ambassador for the High Seas Alliance. She regularly writes articles on marine science and conservation in print and online as a freelance writer. More information can be found on her website: https://www.hannahrudd.com/
Hannah's Accounts
Twitter https://twitter.com/hannahsrudd
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hannahexploreswild/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahrudd/
Website https://www.hannahrudd.com/
Book Order https://linktr.ee/britainslivingseas
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
In this bonus episode I talk about the reasons I don't generally tell people where, how or what gear I use for filming wildlife. (I'm not a complete w*nker honestly!)
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
In todays Jack Does Stuff, I grab a cuppa and do the big garden birdwatch a citizen science project the RSPB do at the end of January to gather data on the birds that enter our gardens. I talk about how to attract birds, what birds I've had on my garden list and how to take part in the big garden bird watch.
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
This week I head to the Cairngorms to chat with Peter Cairns about lynx reintroduction to the UK and when we last had them here, what are the pros and cons and when they could make a return.
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
This week I head over to Foston to visit hedgehog rescuers Janet & Sally to talk about what you do when you find a sick or injured one and how to help them in your gardens.
Janets Email - janethedgehog49@gmail.com
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Join me this week as I'm joined with Mike Blackmore from Wessex Rivers Trust as we chat all things chalkstream! A rare habitat pretty much exclusive to England.
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Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
In todays episode of Jack Does Stuff I head out to try twitching!
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Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
This week I'm joined by vet and broadcaster Sean McCormack as we delve into the horrific practice of cropping dogs ears.
"Dr Sean McCormack BSc (Hons), MVB, MRCVS is a qualified vet with a degree in Animal Science, a lifelong conservationist and self confessed nature geek. He’s a published author and vet columnist, hosts his own wildlife podcast and YouTube channel as well as running the growing conservation organisation Ealing Wildlife Group."
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Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
In this episode I cover non native crayfish in the UK and the damage they cause while looking if their is light at the end of tunnel to finally get rid of them.
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Papaers
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13758
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/3/29
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/3/2/8/htm
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Join me this week as I head back the banks of the River Trent with friend, angler and scientist Dr Mark Everard as we chat all things tiny with minnows, gudgeon and bleak. We celebrate the smaller fish in life and find out why you should to.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
In this episode Jack heads out the River Trent to try and find the Zander a predatory fish thats made many UK rivers in home.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
In this episode I speak with Alan Henshaw the farm manager of the environment agencies Calverton Fish Farm. I find out what a fish farm is, how they work and why they are sometimes needed. I also go over the top 10 most downloaded episodes of the podcast at then end!
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
In this episode Jack is joined by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's Michael Walker as they visit Ploughmans Wood & Colwick Park to try and find Bats.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Today I'm joined by Elliott Kean who is the Engagement Officer with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and also works with the Beavers at Idle Valley Nature Reserve. I visit him at the site as we look for signs of beaver and talk about the impacts they have both positive and negative.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
This is the first episode in the side series of "Jack Does Stuff" with this time Jack going out bird ringing with fellow Jack, Jack Baddams! We visit Creswell Craggs and may or may not catch a kingfisher live!
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
The Podcast is back! This week we are joined by guest Ashley Smith of W.A.S.P (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution) as we talk about the sorry state this river and many across the UK are in mainly due to the dumping of sewage.
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Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Quick update on the upcoming series of The Bearded Tit's Podcast!
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Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
In the third and final takeover for the podcast our guest host is Stephen Moss an acclaimed author, naturalist and university lecturer. He's chatting to this week's guest Lucy McRobert who is also a communications specialist in wildlife and currently works for the isles of scilly wildlife trust as well as also being a writer.
They natter about getting into birding as a young adult, how it helped with a family loss, if turning your hobby into a job is the best choice and challenging the norms in the wider nature community.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
What do you do when owed money by a client? It can be a tough situation for a freelancer so in this episode I detail a recent ordeal I've had and where others can hopefully get some advice of what to do If in the same boat!
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Burbot were once so common in British rivers they were used as pig feed and an important cog in the larger wheel of a rivers lowland ecosystem. Fast forward to the early 21st century and they are extinct from our waterways. Why did they die out? Why bother to bring them back? Who is working to bring them back? Are rivers healthy enough for them and will they cause issues with fish currently in rivers all these questions answered and much more as we wade through all the misinformation that is the burbot.
I speak to not one but four guests today all experts in Burbot including
Johan Auwerx - Institute of Nature & Forest Conservation, Belgium (Currently breeding and reintroducing burbot to Belgium)
Ian Wellby - Fishery Health Scientist & Worked on a feasibility study to reintroduce burbot in 2005
Mark Everard - Angler and Fish Scientist he literally wrote the book on burbot (see here!)
Jonah Toney - River Ecologist and Technical Director of Norfolk Rivers Trust (Currently working on bringing the burbot back to Norfolk)
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
In the second takeover for the podcast our guest host is Sophie Pavelle a science communicator and zoologist who hosts the beaver trusts lodge cast podcast. She's chatting to this weeks guest Emma Brisdon who is also a science communicator . They natter about the current climate crisis (this was recorded during a 90mph storm), getting gen z into nature and Enya.
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
In the first takeover for the podcast our guest host is Billy Heaney a presenter and zoologist who has a special love for dolphins something he shares with this weeks guest Charlie Philips who is an accomplished wildlife photographer and dolphin researcher. They natter about past encounters with British dolphins, Charlie meeting a sperm whale in Skye and that time they thought they'd discovered a new species of whale!
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
In the final episode of the current run of the podcast I chat with One Show TV presenter and ecologist Mike Dilger. We cover the start of his career in TV, what its like guiding tours and his current book he's working on One Thousand Shades of Green as he travels the UK looking for 1,000 plant species.