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The Plodcast

BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors. Enjoy a new escape into the countryside every Tuesday and wind down with our Sound Escapes on a Friday. Find out more about us at www.countryfile.com/podcast Subscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/print/bbc-countryfile-magazine-subscription

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313. A quest to find storks and turtle doves at Knepp...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/26

An extremely special edition of the Plodcast this week as we head to Knepp Wildlands in Sussex to look for storks and listen for turtle doves in the company of Isabella Tree. Isabella and her husband Charlie Burrell have transformed their former dairy farm into one of the best examples of rewilding in Europe – and it's a magical place to explore. Plodcast host Fergus was lucky enough to meet up with Isabella one midsummer evening. Isabella's new book Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back is

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Sound Escape 235. Listen to the distinct chorus of...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/22

We're on hampsted heath. A light shower has covered the trees in raindrops, and parakeets. As they gossip to pass the time before they're free to fly once more.BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded and introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com Learn

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312. Join the Plodcast team for a Mighty Hike around...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/19

The Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah, Jack and Lewis embark on a 15-mile hike around the Gower Peninsular in South Wales as part of a Mighty Hike organised by the cancer care charity Macmillan.The team explore the coast path, chat to fellow hikers and enjoy some rare wildlife encounters along the way. Have a listen to their charming adventure, and for more plodding along the Gower Peninsula, listen to Ep. 96 with Fergus and Hannah!And now you can get in touch with the Plodcast team via: The BBC

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Sound Escape 234. Relax to the joyful gossip of ducks...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/15

Take time out to sit by a chicken pen and listen to the gentle gossip of the hens – plus a pair of ducks - as they go about their daily business. Meanwhile, wood pigeons, wrens, goldfinches and others pass comment from the surrounding trees. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and

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311. Explore the mysteries of the peat bog with Alys...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/12

This week we're heading out into the boglands of North Wales with writer and gardener Alys Fowler. Alys has a passion for these wild wetlands so host Fergus followed her into one of the strangest and most beautiful landscapes the Plodcast has ever visited. Join them for a journey into another world. Alys's book, Peatlands: A Journey Between Land and Water is published by Hodder. And now you can get in touch with the Plodcast team via: The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast group on Facebook &

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Sound Escape 233. Embrace the surging sea on the...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/08

Following the South West Coast Path through North Cornwall, you chance upon the ruins of Wheal Coates tin mine at the cliff's edge. Below, the sea seethes and surges, a wall of salty sounds rising up and through the mine's towering engine house. Any stray cobwebs you may have had hanging around are blown clean away. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded

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310. Meet the monsters lurking in the corners of our...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/05

Monsters haunt the myths and legends of almost every culture in the world. Take a walk along the Dorset coast with Nicholas Jubber looking for the footprints of ancient monsters, to explore why humans have felt the need to invent frightening beasts and beings to scare us from the shadows. Kevin Parr is your Plodcast host this week.Nicholas's book, Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination, is published by Scribe UK And now you can get in touch with the Plodcast team via: The

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Sound Escape 232. Be lulled to sleep by the buzz of...

The Plodcast ·

2025/08/01

It is late morning, the sun is high and the heat brings out butterflies, bees and, as your ear becomes attuned, grasshoppers fizzing and buzzing in the meadows. You lie down letting the sounds wash over you as you realise you can hear no human sounds at all. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the

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309. Connection to nature helps can help us tackle...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/29

Discover how nature helped author Nic Wilson navigate chronic illness and childhood trauma as well as enabling her to develop a crucial sense of belonging. Plodcast host Fergus met with Nic on a walk through a wild park in North London where they discuss the life challenges that we can all relate to and learn how Nic coped with them.Nic's book is called The Land Beneath the Waves and is published by Octopus And now you can get in touch with the Plodcast team via: The BBC Countryfile Magazine

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Sound Escape 231. Rest by a cooling river on a hot...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/25

It's one of the hottest days of the year and you are glad to find respite in a woodland beside a fast flowing river. You rest on the shady bank, watching trout pluck flies from the water's surface.BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the

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308. Embark on a Big Butterfly Count on the Dorset...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/22

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. Britain's butterflies are in trouble but you can help.Richard leads this week's Plodcast host, Kevin Parr, on a magical butterfly walk at Bindon Hill on the Dorset coast – and shows how you can embark on your own Butterfly Count where you live. Join the Big Butterfly Count at: bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ - and remember, the count

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Sound Escape 230. The soothing gentle patter of rain...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/18

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 magnificent tree and listen to the gentle fall of raindrops.BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the

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307. Take a wander along Britain's most famous...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/15

Take a springtime wander along the River Test, near the pretty Hampshire town of Stockbridge. Plodcast host Fergus Collins joins regular Plodcast listener and children's author Andrew Hussey to explore the wildlife along this most famous of trout fishing rivers. Listen on for some rare wildlife encounters – and some curious and disturbing tales from the river.Andrew runs a small independent publishing company called Muddy Little Boots and his books are Any Trout About? and There's No Deer Around

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Sound Escape 229. Revel in the pure music of curlews...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/11

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 blackbird sings a lullaby, the eerie bubbling calls of curlews rise to meet the dusk. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and send

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306. Walk a Viking battlefield and discover a...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/08

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 history of the English people and their language. And yet, the battle is surprisingly little known. Discover what happened and why with writer and cultural historian Rupert Gavin. Rupert joins Plodcast host Fergus to explore the battlefield and discover how the English language, character and nation was formed. Rupert's book Amorous or Loving? The Highly

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Sound Escape 228. The sheer delight of a nightingale...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/04

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 she heard this wonderful male nightingale in full voice. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Jeanette Sharples, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty. Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound

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305. Discover the strangest relationships in the...

The Plodcast ·

2025/07/01

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, Sophie explores why some species work together, while others exploit host animals as parasites. It's a fascinating world full of surprises – and even horrors. Plodcast host Fergus joins Sophie for a meander along the River Otter – with a cast of wildlife turning up along the way. To Have or to Hold is out now, published by Bloomsbury And now you can

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Sound Escape 227. Enjoy the conversations from a...

The Plodcast ·

2025/06/27

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 year and the walls, shrubs and gutters teem with noisy fledglings and harassed parents. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty Email the

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304. Meet some of the UK's most elusive animals - at...

The Plodcast ·

2025/06/24

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. Here, David Mills has an unrivalled collection of mammals, reptiles and other creatures that you can watch and photograph in semi-natural surroundings.Join Annabel Ross who visited David and enjoyed a fabulous tour and some unique insight into our native wildlife. For more about the British Wildlife Centre: https://britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/ And

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Sound Escape 226. Be seduced by the song of the...

The Plodcast ·

2025/06/20

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 this year, he has time to croon, his notes sweet and lazy as the scent of the elderflower around him. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty Email

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