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308. Embark on a Big Butterfly Count on the Dorset coast with Butterfly Conservation
Season 19 Episode 9
Be inspired to join the Big Butterfly Count with a walk on the Dorset coast with Richard Fox, Head of Science at the charity Butterfly Conservation. …
1 year, 3 months ago
Sound Escape 230. The soothing gentle patter of rain in a Welsh oakwood
Season 19
After many dry weeks, heavy rain falls and the oak woodland thirstily drink in the live-giving water. You pause at the base of a particularly magnifi…
1 year, 3 months ago
307. Take a wander along Britain's most famous waterway: The River Test in Hampshire
Season 19 Episode 8
Take a springtime wander along the River Test, near the pretty Hampshire town of Stockbridge. Plodcast host Fergus Collins joins regular Plodcast lis…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sound Escape 229. Revel in the pure music of curlews at sunset
Season 19
The sun is sinking low in the sky, its golden light glowing through the meadow grasses. As young swallows twitter in their maiden flights and a black…
1 year, 3 months ago
306. Walk a Viking battlefield and discover a forgotten turning point in English history - with Rupert Gavin
Season 19 Episode 7
About 1150 years ago, on a ridge on the edge of Salisbury Plain, the Saxons defeated the Vikings in a battle that had a profound impact on the histor…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sound Escape 228. The sheer delight of a nightingale singing at dawn
Season 19
This week's Sound Escape was recorded in Kent by Plodcast listener Jeanette Sharples. Jeanette was up early, walking along the edge of a field when s…
1 year, 3 months ago
305. Discover the strangest relationships in the animal world - with Sophie Pavelle
Season 19 Episode 6
Enjoy a walk in Devon with Sophie Pavelle and discover the most unexpected relationships in the animal kingdom. In her new book, To Have or to Hold, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Sound Escape 227. Enjoy the conversations from a colony of sparrows
Season 19
As you wander through an old farmyard, the incessant happy chatter of sparrows greets you. Nesting in the crumbling eaves, the colony has had a good …
1 year, 3 months ago
304. Meet some of the UK's most elusive animals - at the British Wildlife Centre
Season 19 Episode 5
Britain's wildlife is often extremely elusive and many species are rarely seen. Unless, of course, you head to the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sound Escape 226. Be seduced by the song of the blackbird
Season 19
A male blackbird sings so seductively, you have to stop to listen. Perched deep in an elder tree, and with his mate snug on a second brood of eggs th…
1 year, 4 months ago