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333. Prepare for the Big Garden Birdwatch with a walk in a special woodland with the RSPB's James Robinson
Season 19 Episode 34
The RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch is one of the world's biggest citizen science projects and provides incredible insights into the populations o…
9 months, 1 week ago
Sound Escape 255. A walk through a winter woodland, footsteps hushed by fallen leaves
Season 19
It's bright and sunny but it's an illusion: a gale is swirling through the treetops, the aftermath of last night's storm. Shielded among the trees, y…
9 months, 1 week ago
332. Blow off the cobwebs with a hike into the hills to find the legendary Chartists' Cave
Season 19 Episode 33
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Plodcast of 2026. The Plodcast is a weekly adventure in the British countryside brought to you by BBC Country…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Sound Escape 254. Wake up to gentle birdsong in a sleepy village
Season 19
It's early morning and the winter's frost is receding as you step out into the brisk air. The low coos of wood pigeons greet you as you gaze at the m…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
331. Enjoy an epic starling murmuration on the Somerset Levels with the Plodcast team
Season 19 Episode 32
A very special Plodcast to end 2025. The Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah, Kev, Jack and Lewis head to the Somerset Levels in the hope of witnesses an…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Sound Escape 253. Hear the voices of a million starlings going to roost
Season 19
Dusk is imminent and you're standing on a raised path, an old abandoned railway line through the marshes. For the past 30 minutes vast uncountable fl…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
330. It's the Plodcast Christmas Special and team quiz 2025!
Season 19 Episode 31
Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah, Jack and Lewis – with special guest and quiz master Kevin Parr. As well as tackling Kev's now legendary Plo…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Sound Escape 252. Enjoy sunshine and peace along the seawall of the Bristol Channel
Season 19
After climbing a few steps you're atop the sea wall and the vast skies and broad seascape of the Bristol Channel open before you. You're looking sout…
10 months ago
329. Making a spun-iron frying pan at a family-run foundry in Shropshire
Season 19 Episode 30
Plodcast host Fergus heads to Cleobury Mortimer in deeply rural Shropshire to visit the Netherton Foundry. Here, Neil and Sue Currie and their team m…
10 months ago
Sound Escape 251. Hear the song of the wind on the first icy morning of winter
Season 19
A cold front has swept down from the north overnight but it's a bright morning over the frosty marshes. A breeze pushes ripples across a lagoon of de…
10 months, 1 week ago