The Birding Life Podcast Network

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 10 - The Story Behind the Bitou Birding Festival

In this episode we highlight a birding event that has been growing into something very special, the Bitou Birding Festival in Plettenberg Bay. The festival runs from 23

YWP Podcast - Season 7 Episode 5 - The Shot That Isn’t Worth Taking: Wildlife Photography Ethics

Wildlife photography gives us an incredible opportunity to connect people with the natural world, but where do we draw the line between capturing a moment and interfering

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 9 - Making the Most of Your Local Patch

Today's episode is going to be a little bit different. Normally, I have a guest joining me on the podcast, but today I've decided to do something that I've actually been

SnA Youth Birders Podcast - Season 1 Episode 4 - Juan van den Heever - From Photography to Environmental assessments

Juan van den Heever is a wildlife photographer, birder and conservationist who has made quite a name for himself in the world of wildlife photography. Having been named a

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 8 - Learning to Listen: How Sound Recording Changes Your Birding

In this episode of The Birding Life Podcast, I sit down with Barry Forbes for a conversation about sound recording and the way it can completely change how we experience

YWP Podcast - Season 7 Episode 4 - From the Field to the Future with Joshua Winter

With the chaos of putting together the final bits and pieces for the YWP Exhibition later this month, Gabby found time for a quick catch-up with a familiar face to the Bi

TBL Podcast - The Big Year of African Sounds: The Story So Far

In this week's episode we are going back to a project that we first spoke about right at the beginning of the year, the Big Year of African Sounds. The idea behind the p

SnA Youth Birders Podcast- Season 1 Episode 3- Tristan Spurway- From Bird Call ID to Rarity Hunting This Summer

Tristan is the host of the SnA Youth Birders podcast and forms a core part of the Admin team of the SnA Youth Birders group itself. He is a rising star on the social medi

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 6 - Inside the King Shaka Bird Radar Project

If you are a birder from KwaZulu Natal, you will probably know Mount Moreland. During summer, an estimated three million Barn Swallows gather there to roost in the reedbe

YWP Podcast - Season 7 Episode 3 - Wildlife, Science & a Little ZooLogic

What happens when three young scientists with a shared fascination for the natural world come together? You get ZooLogic ZA. In this episode, Gabby sits down with Devon,

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 5 - Themba Robin: Birds, Birders and Comedy

This week's episode is a little bit different, and a lot of fun. My guest is Themba Robin, a South African comedian, content creator, actor, MC and voice artist, known f

SnA Youth Birders Podcast - Season 1 Episode 2 - Anton Schultz- A Young Big Year

Anton is well-known for his incredible Big Birding Year in 2019 where he managed to see over 800 bird species. Today we sit down and look back at that big year- his highs

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 4 - Eddie Germiquet: Every Bird Name Has a Story

We identify birds by name, we learn them by name, and we talk about them by name. But how often do we stop and ask where those names actually come from, what they mean, o

YWP Podcast - Season 7 Episode 2 - Creating Content in the Wild - Nardus Taljard

Nardus Taljard has built an impressive online community around something he genuinely loves, wildlife, Kruger and the stories that unfold in the wild. But what does it a

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 3 - Finding Kenya's Lost Red Weaver

My guest today is Kenyan birder, guide and ornithologist James Apolloh Omenya, who was part of an expedition into the Boni Forest region of Kenya in search of two of the

SnA Youth Birders Podcast - Season 1 Episode 1 - Daniel Engelbrecht - The Bird Man from Limpopo

Welcome to episode one of the SnA Youth birders podcast! This podcast has been created to share birding with a younger generation and to help those parents that are raisi

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 2 - What Is a CAR Count and Why Should Birders Care?

Today we are chatting about a citizen science project that has been running for more than 30 years and has become an incredibly valuable source of information about some

YWP Podcast - Season 7 Episode 1 - The Wild World of Tony Park

What happens when a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa becomes a lifelong obsession - and ultimately the backdrop to an extraordinary writing career? Internationally best

TBL Podcast - Season 15 Episode 1 - Tristan Spurway - The Sound of a New Generation

Welcome to Season 15 of The Birding Life Podcast, Africa's biggest birding podcast. It is great to be back and kicking off another season of conversations with the people

YWP Podcast - 2026 World Ranger Day Special with Saving the Wild's Jamie Joseph

On this special World Ranger Day edition of the podcast, Gabby sits down with conservation activist and Saving the Wild founder Jamie Joseph for one of the most powerful