Will and Ben, the Wildlife Men Will Hawkes and Ben Porter

This week, Ben tells the fascinating story of how hazel trees recolonised Britain.

A slightly different format this time. For World Mountain Day, Ben and Will chat about their favourite mountain animal tales - including how Scottish Manx Shearwaters rely on high mountains and how a tiny midge in the Himalayas has evolved to survive solely on glaciers.
An appreciation of these beautiful, monolithic but fragile habitats that are the mountains.

Insects travel thousands of kilometres around the globe every year, but how can we track them? In this podcast Will dives into the blossoming world of insect tracking. Learn how water is being used to track hoverflies and the story of planes following moths through the Alps!

This time, Will describes how the incredible journeys of insects (which travel thousands of kilometres each year) first started.

Our tenth episode! This week’s focus is a fittingly special species indeed, who calls a scattering of islands off the Welsh coast its home. Ben exposes some of this seabird’s fascinating life history, whilst Will updates us on his insect migration research from the spectacular Pyrenean mountains.

With the wet weather and talk of migrants on the news, this episode Will tells us about the fascinating migrant history of UK slug species. Learn about where our slugs came from and just how important slugs are to our soils!