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From seals' frisky behavior to red squirrels making their last stand in the battle against the greys, here are the mammals of Britain as you've never seen them before. Join Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall on an overnight stakeout in search of the elusive pine marten. Follow them down mines inhabited by greater horseshoe bats, cavers, ravers and teenagers smoking unusual substances. Meet water voles thriving in the East End of Glasgow—despite the lack of water—and observe the brilliance of wild boar in your back garden.

Part science, part cultural history, part travelogue, and part bad jokes, our podcast gives a 360° perspective on some of our most charismatic wild mammals. Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall are the first married couple ever to make a podcast together. Fiona is Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe and Professor at the University of Sussex, and Tim is Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. They are the authors of Black Ops and Beaver Bombing; Adventures with Britain's Wild Mammals ('The book I'll be recommending for the rest of the year', BBC Countryfile Magazine; '...