Well today's episode is a real treat as we welcome the amazing Ruby Free onto The Wildx Podcast. At such a young age, Ruby has achieved more than most and is a Conservation Biologist, Author, Activist and Farmer! Not only that, she has also lived on a remote island working for the RSPB and documented her adventures in the amazing book "Rathlin, A Wild Life."

In this fantastic episode we talk all things conservation, following your dreams, community, rewilding a farm in Northern Ireland and Puffins!

Listen in and enjoy the WildX Podcast!

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For our 20th episode we are delighted to welcome adventurer, award-winning photographer and best selling author David duChemin. David has been taking images since he was 14, but having studied theology, he turned his hand to professional comedy, something he did and loved, for over 12 years!

Having spent some time in Haiti, David was pulled back into photography and most notably Humanitarian photo journalism.

He is now renowned as one of the leading experts in the field of creativity and focuses predominantly on capturing our beautiful natural world as a wildlife photographer.

We talk creativity, throwing away the rulebook and Light, Space & Time, the latest in a brilliant series of books written by David.

You're not going to want to miss this one!

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In today's episode Andy, Mike and Adam look back at 2024 and some of their most amazing Wild moments.

From completing the challenge of photographing all 5 UK Owl species, to an epic trip to see Snow Leopards in Mongolia, Barn Owl experiences and incredible Otters!

They also discuss some brilliant photographers that need more praise on social media and each pick a dream guest for the future!

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Happy New Year to all our listeners!

To kick off 2025 we have the brilliant Liam Edwards on the show.

Liam has mastered the very technically demanding and hugely worthwhile art of wildlife monitoring and we wanted to know lots, lots more....

We talk about building Liam's non profit organisation, L & L Wildlife Monitoring, camera traps, a very healthy obsession with Little Owls, Wood Oaks Farm and appearing on BBC's Countryfile.

We have a very interesting owl related Weird World, we talk social media in Topic of the Week, there's a big announcement in the News that is not to be missed and we touch on mental health and the importance of supporting one another.

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This week we couldn't be more excited to chat to Billy and Susan from the smash hit National Geographic documentary "Billy & Molly - An Otter Story".

We discuss the emotional rollercoaster chance meeting of Billy and a starving, lost and alone otter and their subsequent journey through friendship, hardship, love and companionship.

We talk to Billy's wife Susan about her experience and what it was like living alongside this unlikely twosome, a film crew and ultimately falling in love with Molly too.

And of course we also have Andy's Weird World, (now sponsored by Chubby Mealworms!) Adam's Topic of the Week and Mike's WildX news!

We hope you enjoy this Christmas Episode as much a we did.

Have a wonderful festive season everyone!

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This week are talking to macro and underwater photography legend, Jamie Hall.

All the way from Australia we talk scuba diving, under water photography and the tiny, amazing world of macro. We delve into gear, perfect weather conditions and the weird world under the sea!

Join us for this fantastic episode....

In today's episode Andy, Mike and Adam are very excited to chat to the amazing Verity Milligan about honing her craft as a multi award winning photographer, specialising in Landscapes and Cityscapes.

We discuss 'that' poppy photo, her love of chasing light and capturing emotion, building atmosphere, drawing the viewer into her image and creativity in photography.

Of course, as usual, we have some cracking topics of the week, weird world facts and some hilarious snapshot shenanigans!!!!

In today's episode Andy, Mike and Adam are delighted to chat to the brilliant Laura Dyer, a "South African-born wildlife photographer, with a love for Earth’s open and uninhabited places, from the plains and waterways of Africa to the ice of the Arctic."

We talk about her incredible move from accountancy to full time professional photography, the important issue of enabling women to feel safe and heard within wildlife photography and of course her incredible documentation of conservancies and how they help to protect amazing species such as the Cheetah.

Of course there are also some brilliant Topics of the Week from Adam, Weird World facts from Andy and Mike's News!