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Sound Escape 48: be transported to a lowland farm where ravens kronk and cattle low
Season 11
Ravens call over the stark winter landscape of farmland in deeply rural Monmouthshire. Robins sing and, from a distant barn, cattle low.
BBC Countryf…
4 years, 8 months ago
132. The wonderful song of the winter marshes with naturalist Ben Hoare
Season 11 Episode 1
In the first episode of the new season, Voices of the Countryside, plodcast host Fergus heads to the wild marshes of WWT Steart on the Somerset coast…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sound Escape 47: enjoy the first birdsong of the year on a frosty green lane
Season 11
You're walking up a old green lane carved into a frosty hillside, and your feet sink deep into the waterlogged leaf litter. Early January sunlight is…
4 years, 9 months ago
Voices of the Countryside – we preview our new season of Plodcasts
Season 11
Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack to hear about upcoming adventures in the countryside in season 11 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodc…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sound Escape 46: listen as a song thrush sings in the new year
Season 11
On a winter's morning in Dorset, a song thrush starts up its first practise songs of the new year in preparation for the coming breeding season – to …
4 years, 9 months ago
Sound Escape 45: the soothing calls of roosting lapwings on a coastal lagoon in Somerset
Season 10
Dusk falls on a still, winter's day at Steart Marshes WWT on the Somerset coast. On a lagoon near the mouth of the River Parrett, a host of wading bi…
4 years, 9 months ago
131. Plodcast plans for 2022 – and festive games – in the Christmas party
Season 10 Episode 21
Enjoy part two of our plodcast Christmas party where we make plans for wildlife adventures in 2022, play a Christmas bird spotting game and remind ou…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sound Escape 44: the delightful song of a robin at dawn on Christmas Eve
Relax to the exquisite song of a robin singing in a country garden at dawn on Christmas Eve – with a chorus of next door's chickens for company. BBC …
4 years, 9 months ago
130. It's the Plodcast Christmas special! Join the team to celebrate a year exploring the UK countryside
Season 10 Episode 20
Join the Plodcast Christmas special where the team gather in the studio to discuss favourite episodes, guests and wildlife moments from 2021. We talk…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sound Escape 43: unwind to the song of silver birch trees
You've clambered down from a Peak District ridge to take shelter in a silver birch woodland. The wind, the tail end of Storm Arwen, whooshes through …
4 years, 10 months ago