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Beavers About - a behind-the-scenes podcast recorded at the recent beaver release

Beaver kit enters the water after release at the Nene Wetlands. Image by the Beaver Trust

Listen now to episode five of In Conservation, and get a front row seat to February's release of the beavers at the Nene Wetlands.

We are so excited to share this new episode of In Conservation - our fifth in the series - as host Sophie Baker gets a front row seat to the historic release of eight beavers to our Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Northamptonshire.

Listen to Conservation Manager Matt Johnson who we shadowed through the day - including at the release itself - and a selection of excited people who were there to see it. Plus we catch up with Senior Ranger Pete Bray and Nene Valley Projects Officer Ben Casey nearly a month after the release to hear how the beavers have been getting on. It's a bumper episode indeed! We hope you enjoy it.

Credits

  • Podcast host and producer: Sophie Baker
  • Interviewees: Matt Johnson, Ben Casey and Pete Bray
  • Vox pops - thanks to: Jeannette, Henry, Matt (Day), John, Nicole, Pete, Matt (Jackson), Caroline, Katie, Ethan and Viktoria
  • BCN Beauties: Henry Stanier
  • Recording assistants: Amy Gerhard and Holly Wilkinson
  • Podcast music: Written and performed by James Williams. Mixed and produced by Jared Wentwick.
Six metal transport cages in a row containing beavers, the central two of which have had their fronts removed for release - and lots of smiling people

The moment the beaver family were released at Delta Pit, Northants. Image by the Beaver Trust.

Beaver swimming in delta pit at the Nene Wetlands

Nik Shelton

A beaver being released into a lake, close up on the edge of the water

Nik Shelton

A woman in bright green coat and yellow hat talks to a man in dark clothing while a woman with dark hair wears headphones and holds audio equipment

Podcast host Sophie Baker (right) recording with Matt Johnson, with the assistance of Amy Gerhard

A woman in a yellow hat smiles as she chats to a man with binoculars round his neck, another woman with headphones in the foreground

Podcast host Sophie Baker chats to former Conservation Director for the Wildlife Trust BCN John Comont, with Amy Gerhard assisting in the foreground. Photo by Laurie Harper.

Two men and a woman in a bright coat stand in a sunny glade chatting as they record their conversation

Podcast host Sophie Baker recording with Pete Bray (centre) and Ben Casey. Photo by Holly Wilkinson.

A beaver captured by a trailcam as it sits atop some straw at night
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