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175. Explore mysterious Eggardon Hill in Dorset – and hear a poignant conversation with the local farmer
Season 14 Episode 11
Head to Dorset in the ever-amiable company of Plodcast regular Kevin Parr. Angler and nature writer Kev takes us up onto Eggardon Hill to explore its…
3 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 93: The invigorating roar of the River Usk in spate
Season 14
It's rained for days but there's a gap in the cloud cover this late autumn morning. You wander down to the river to find it in full spate. Another 50…
3 years, 10 months ago
174. A woodland wander with 'naked campaigner' Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Season 14 Episode 10
Meet nature writer and campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor who hit the news in recent weeks after walking from Hyde Park Corner to the Houses of Parliame…
3 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 92: The joy of lying in bed and listening to the countryside waking up
Season 14
You wake in the small village of Butterton in the Staffordshire Peak District. With the window of the cottage set ajar, you return to bed, rest your …
3 years, 10 months ago
173. A wild walk with choughs and curlews on Anglesey
Season 14 Episode 9
Explore a wild and craggy stretch of the Anglesey coast path with Plodcast host Fergus as he wanders in search of rare choughs and curlews.
Later, in …
3 years, 11 months ago
Sound Escape 91: Enjoy autumn moods in a forgotten Welsh valley
Season 14
Come with us to the gentle pasturelands that link the summit of Y Fal with the bustle of Grwyne Fawr far below. Pause a while amid the patchwork of s…
3 years, 11 months ago
172. A quest to hear the mysterious corncrake on the island of Tiree
Season 14 Episode 8
This week we’re off to the Hebridean island of Tiree, a stronghold of one of Britain’s rarest and strangest birds. Naturalist James Fair heads out in…
3 years, 11 months ago
Sound Escape 90: Spend some precious time in a mossy woodland
Season 14
On the southern flanks of the Usk Valley beneath the damp uplands of Mynydd Llangatwg are the remnants of an old limestone quarry. Paths slink betwee…
3 years, 11 months ago
171. Firecrests and other magical creatures in the New Forest with Dominic Couzens
Season 14 Episode 7
Now the clocks have gone back in the UK and we’re heading into the dark days of winter it feels like a good time to let a burst of light and song int…
3 years, 11 months ago
Sound Escape 89: the simple tonic of a stream flowing through an autumn woodland
Season 14
To be in an autumn woodland after rain is a tonic for a great many ills. Perhaps it’s the simple joy of the leaves so lustrous with rainwater, or the…
3 years, 11 months ago