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129. PLODCAST SPECIAL: talking Lost Words and Spell Songs with the great Robert Macfarlane
Season 10 Episode 19
Robert Macfarlane is one of the foremost British nature writers. His recent collaboration with Jackie Morris, The Lost Words, was a celebration of na…
4 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 42: be gently charmed by mewing buzzards in a forgotten valley
Season 10
Wander through a hidden valley in the Welsh Borders listening to a pair of buzzards mewing to each other as they stake their claim on the territory i…
4 years, 10 months ago
128. Hear the ancient stories of Britain with historian Amy Jeffs on the Avalon Marshes
Season 10 Episode 18
Come for a wander through the Somerset marshes in late autumn with author and historian Amy Jeffs. Amy has written Storyland, a retelling of the anci…
4 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 41: the magical music of a mountain stream
Season 10
Be calmed by the relaxing giggle of a stream tumbling off Sugar Loaf mountain in the Brecon Beacons near Abergavenny. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Soun…
4 years, 10 months ago
127. Foraging for fungi and other mysteries in Dorset with John Wright
Season 11 Episode 17
Learn about the magic and mystery of fungi with expert mushroom hunter John Wright. He joins our own Kevin Parr for a ramble in a hidden corner of Do…
4 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 40: the delicious sound of feet crunching on fallen leaves in an ancient woodland
Season 10
Enjoy an autumn dog walk through a beech and oak woodland and listen to feet crunching on leaves while the wind seethes through the canopy. BBC Count…
4 years, 10 months ago
126. The big issues facing the English countryside – a discussion with Tony Juniper at Wicken Fen – PART 2
Season 10 Episode 16
Hear about the big issues facing the English countryside from and Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper. The conservationist and environmental campa…
4 years, 10 months ago
Sound Escape 39: Relax to the rhythm of the sea swirling on a rocky shore
Season 10
Slow down the pace of your day with this short audio postcard from the countryside – waves swooshing and swirling around rocky outcrops of a rugged G…
4 years, 11 months ago
125. Talking with Tony Juniper, the Chair of Natural England, at Wicken Fen – PART ONE
Season 10 Episode 15
A plodcast special – in two parts. Rob Yorke meets conservationist, environmental compaigner and now Chair of Natural England Tony Juniper at Wicken …
4 years, 11 months ago
Sound Escape 38: the eerie and dramatic fallow deer rut on a dark Dorset night
Season 10
It's 3am on an autumn night in West Dorset and an oily blackness beneath a moonless sky. There's a hush in the cold still air but the atmosphere is t…
4 years, 11 months ago