red kite

This week Jordy is joined by former Today Show host & mother of 2, Georgie Gardner. Georgie has been a staple at Channel 9 for over 20 years and drops by to share her some of the peaks of troughs of the last 2 decades.

We hear how Georgie got the 'top job' in breakfast television and why she believed her & Karl were never going to work.

Georgie also shares the choice she made not to pursue IVF or fertility treatment after struggling to conceive a third baby (TW. This episode does discuss pregnancy loss).

Georgie is a passionate ambassador for Red Kite, you can read more about the organisation online at https://www.redkite.org.au/

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Red Kites are one of our most striking and widespread birds of prey – but did you know they almost went extinct in the UK a few decades ago and we wouldn’t be seeing them now if it wasn’t for a re-introduction programme that took place in the 80s. So in this episode I chat to my aunt Karen who was involved in this work to bring them back from the brink.

P.S apologies for the rumbly microphone sounds throughout.

RSPB website - Red Kite
RSPB website - Red Kite conservation

There have been three species reintroductions of birds of prey in Ireland since the early 2000s. Ricky and Niall discuss the advantages and challenges of this method of bird conservation.

Ricky chats to Dr Allan Mee on the specifics of the Golden Eagle Trusts work to establish a viable breeding White-tailed Eagle population in Ireland after an absence of hundreds of years. 

Bird of the week focuses on the charismatic Red Kite. 

In Your Nature is produced in partnership with the Heritage Offices of Laois and Offaly County Councils, supported by the Heritage Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and is edited by Ann-Marie Kelly

B05-E01 | Welcome to the Baptism of Fire era, where we meet the second official member of our party: Maria "Milva" Barring. Grab your bow and arrow and head out in the woods to join us on our epic quest. Before we set off, though, let's check in with a few old friends, who are busy founding a super secret magical society (psst.. you didn't hear it from us).

[Cocktail talk and tangents begin at 01:09:57. Skip ahead to the analysis at 1:19:42]

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Hope for an ancient forest as the EU investigates logging plans in Poland, millions of seahorses seized in Peru, why kites are stealing underwear in Scotland and could California outlaw captive orcas?

News Sources:

• SHARK FIN SHIPMENT BAN
• ENDING ORCA CAPTIVITY
• SEAHORSES SEIZED
• PANGOLIN RESCUE
• LOGGING SCANDAL
• UNDERWEAR-STEALING KITES
• TERRIFYING RHINO CHARGE

Hope for an ancient forest as the EU investigates logging plans in Poland, millions of seahorses seized in Peru, why kites are stealing underwear in Scotland and could California outlaw captive orcas?

News Sources:

• SHARK FIN SHIPMENT BAN
• ENDING ORCA CAPTIVITY
• SEAHORSES SEIZED
• PANGOLIN RESCUE
• LOGGING SCANDAL
• UNDERWEAR-STEALING KITES
• TERRIFYING RHINO CHARGE