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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.ourmediashop.com/bbc-countryfile-magazine-wmonx25
Episodes
The PlodcastSound Escape 24: sit back and relax to the sleepy hum and buzz of a midsummer meadow
Chill out to the hum and buzz of a summer meadow. In Sound Escape 24, you find yourself waist deep in glorious midsummer wildflowers in a meadow in the Gwent…
The PlodcastA new season of Plodcasts: explore the histories and mysteries of the countryside
Join us for 13 thrilling adventures of discovery as we head out into the countryside to explore ancient sites, hear haunting tales and enjoy atmospheric walks…
The PlodcastSound Escape 23: a walk among birdsong in Dovedale in Derbyshire
Enjoy the delights of Dovedale in this mindful walk through one of the Peak District's most beautiful valleys. Deeply relax to the gentle melodies of nature –…
The PlodcastSound escape 22: the joyful song of summer on the allotment
Sit back and relax to soothing birdsong on a gentle summer’s morning on the allotment. In this Sound Escape, a meditative short podcast that celebrates the…
The PlodcastSound Escape 21: the song of the River Dove in the Peak District
Relax to the song of the Peak District's most beautiful river. Sit on the banks of this gentle bubbling stream with delightful birdsong raining down – in this…
The Plodcast110 . Rewilding in the Black Mountains with woodsman Rob Penn
Hear how a massive tree-planting project will transform the Black Mountains peak of Bryn Arw in the Brecon Beacons. Woodsman and writer Rob Penn explains how…
The Plodcast109. A Yorkshire River Journey with Radio 3's Petroc Trelawny
Presenter of "Breakfast" on BBC Radio 3 Petroc Trelawny talks about his week of live shows following a Yorkshire river from source to sea. Petroc reveals how…
The Plodcast108. Take a boat adventure onto a beautiful loch in wild and rugged Assynt, Scotland
In the last of the current series, we head to the far north of Scotland to explore a remote loch and its wildlife – plus we attempt to fly-fish for brown trout…
The PlodcastSound Escape 20: the mesmerising churring of a nightjar on a summer's night
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine: your chance to relax to the seasons sounds of nature wherever you are – and however busy your day. In…
The Plodcast107. Searching for a very rare butterfly in Rockingham Forest
Extinct in England, the chequered skipper has been reintroduced to a secret site in Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire by the Back from the Brink project…
The PlodcastSound Escape 19: The hum of busy bumble bees
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance to relax to soundtracks of glorious nature wherever you are and whatever you are doing. In…
The Plodcast106. Meet the wildlife of a beautiful, unspoilt stream in a Peak District valley
Take a springtime wander up a Peak District valley called William Clough in the company of angler and naturalist Andrew Griffiths. Meet some of the aquatic…
The PlodcastSound Escape 18: the beguiling songs of warblers from a reedbed by a lake in the Brecon Beacons
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance to relax to soundtracks of glorious nature wherever you are and whatever you are doing. In…
The Plodcast105. Discover the mysterious lives of cuckoos in a Cambridgeshire fen
In this episode, Megan Shersby heads to the East of England to one of Britain's oldest nature reserves, the wetland wonder of Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire…
The PlodcastSound Escape 17: Be transported to a wooded Welsh valley to hear redstarts and song thrushes
Welcome to Sound Escapes, your chance to relax to the sounds of the British countryside no matter busy you are. In this episode, enjoy the song of one of our…
The Plodcast104. Explore the Dorset heaths in search of Britain's rarest reptile
Meet the spring wildlife of one of Britain's rarest habitats – lowland heaths. Roam the heath-clad landscape in search of rare reptiles including the elusive…
The PlodcastSound Escape 16: listen to the cascade of wood warbler song in an ancient oak wood
Welcome to Sound Escapes, your chance to relax to the sounds of the British countryside no matter busy you are. In this episode, you're on a path rising up a…
The Plodcast103. A joyful spring chorus of birdsong in a West Country oak woodland
Somerset artist Lucy Pendrick gets up early to listen to the whole of the dawn chorus of resident and migrant birds in a deciduous woodland on the edge of the…
The PlodcastSound Escape 15: relax to the gentle patter of rain in a Maytime bluebell wood
Welcome to Sound Escapes – your chance to relax to the sounds of nature no matter how busy you are. In this episode, we take you to Bickley Wood on the River…
The Plodcast102. Forgotten tales, ancient woods and fairytale creatures on the loch – enjoy spring on the Hebridean Isle of Seil
Join poet Kenneth Steven for an early spring adventure in an ancient hazel wood, a mysterious glen and a beautiful loch on his home island of Seil in the Inner…
The PlodcastSound Escape 14: relax to the dawn chorus from a West Country oak wood
BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes offer you a short meditative journey into the natural world this spring to find peace, beauty and relaxation. In this…
The Plodcast101. An adventure to hear a booming bittern in the magnificent marshes of Avalon
Explore the lagoons, reedbeds and woodlands of Somerset Levels with two of the regular podcast team as they try to hear the mournful yet powerful boom of the…
The PlodcastSound Escape 13: a few minutes of total peace deep in the Somerset Levels
BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes offer you a short meditative journey into the natural world this spring to find peace, beauty and relaxation. In…
The Plodcast100. A wander along the Dorset coast in search of adders and spring migrants
Join naturalist, writer and angler Kevin Parr as he explores the little-known coastal scrublands near Chesil Beach in Dorset to encounter Britain's only…
The PlodcastSound Escape 12: lesser spotted woodpeckers and spring songbirds in a Celtic rainforest
Welcome to BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes – your chance to enjoy a delightful few minutes of spring wildlife no matter how busy you are. In this…
The Plodcast99. A spring adventure in a wildlife paradise – and the quest for a legendary woodpecker
Explore a fabulous spring day among the atmospheric woods, meadows and salt marshes of RSPB Ynys Hir on the Dyfi Estuary in mid Wales. Containing a magnificent…
The PlodcastSound Escape 11: the glorious song of nightingales from a Dorset wood
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance for a relaxing escape into nature no matter how busy you are. In this episode, it's…
The Plodcast98. Spring on a Cotswolds farm with Countryfile's Adam Henson
In the second episode of our Spring Across Britain series, we meet Countryfile's farmer Adam Henson. Adam farms in the Cotswolds and he reveals the…
The PlodcastSound Escape 10: the soft crooning of nesting geese on the Dyfi Estuary
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance to sit back and relax to the sounds of nature wherever you are and whatever you are doing…
The Plodcast97. A quest for curlews in Somerset's meadows – and a magical talk with singer David Gray
In the first of the new season: Spring Across Britain we meet with RSPB expert Damon Bridge and author and curlew champion Mary Colwell. Listen on as they…
The PlodcastSound Escape 9: peregrines calling from crags in the Brecon Beacons
Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance for a relaxing escape into nature no matter how busy you are. In this episode, it's late…
The PlodcastSpring across Britain – a new season of delightful podcasts from BBC Countryfile Magazine
Welcome to season 9 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine Podcast. Your chance for a weekly escape into the wild and beautiful countryside. Season 9 is our most…
The PlodcastSound Escape 8: the soothing rush of the incoming tide on a Gower beach
Welcome to BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes – your chance to relax into nature for a few precious moments. In this episode, it's late afternoon and…
The PlodcastSound Escape 7: a mistle thrush and friends greet a crisp March morning in a Gwent woodland
Welcome to BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes, beautiful short episodes of natural sound from the British countryside. They're your chance for a burst of…
The Plodcast96. Enjoy a wild wander along a Gower stream to the sea – with a treasure hunt!
Follow a sparkling stream through a hidden valley on the Gower Peninsular in South Wales to arrive at a smuggler's cove. Along the way, the podcast team hunt…
The PlodcastSound Escape 6: the gentle chatter of house sparrows and dunnocks in a Gower hedgerow
Welcome to our latest Sound Escape, a chance to relax to the calming sounds of nature. In this episode, we’re pausing beside a hedgerow on the edge of a small…
The Plodcast95. A delightful morning on a Devon river with wildlife photographer Jim Brown
Storyteller Martin Maudsley meets wildlife photographer and countryman Jim Brown on Jim's local river, the Axe, which flows from Somerset into East Devon. They…
The PlodcastSound Escape 5: wandering along an ancient holloway in the Brecon Beacons
Welcome to the Countryfile Magazine Sound Escapes – your chance to spend a blissful five minutes in the countryside however busy you are. In this episode…
The Plodcast94. A soothing walk at dawn along a Brecon Beacons canal – with gorgeous spring birdsong
Enjoy listening to the delightful songs of song thrushes, robins and treecreepers as we wander along the towpath of the Monmouth-Brecon canal high up in the…
The PlodcastSound Escape 4: an evening chorus of birdsong on the River Avon near Bristol
Welcome to our latest Sound Escape, a chance to relax to the calming sounds of nature. In this episode, it is dusk on a flood-swollen River Avon on the…
The Plodcast93. A riverside wander in search of Britain's most mysterious fish – the eel
Annabel Ross wades through floodwater in the Severn Valley near Tewksbury to meet Andrew Kerr of the Sustainable Eel Group and talk about the astonishing…
The PlodcastSound Escape 3: listen to waders, wildfowl and skylarks on the wide marshes of Lancashire's Ribble estuary
Welcome to theSound Escape from BBC Countryfile Magazine – a chance for a few minutes relaxation as you listen to the sounds of nature and the countryside. In…
The Plodcast92. Discovering curious tales of folklore from Britain's rivers and seas
Dee Dee Chainey has been collected stories and legends about folklore from around the world during her Folklore Thursday sessions on social media – in this…
The PlodcastSound Escape 2: new lambs and early birds on a frozen Monmouth-Brecon canal in Wales
Welcome to the second Sound Escape from BBC Countryfile Magazine, a short meditative journey into the countryside right now to immerse yourself in the sounds…
The Plodcast91. A charming ramble along Derbyshire's River Govt to talk wildlife, angling and local history
Angler and writer Andrew Griffiths takes us for a charming summer's ramble around his local waterways on the Cheshire-Derbyshire border. He chats to…
The PlodcastSound Escape 1: calming birdsong in a Welsh woodland
Welcome to the first Sound Escape from BBC Countryfile Magazine – five minutes' blissful peace in the countryside as we wind down for the weekend. Every week…
The Plodcast90. Adventuring in floods and ice along the River Usk in Monmouthshire
After the heavy rain and floods of mid January, we head out on a cold, clear morning into the waterlogged woods and farmland along the River Usk in…
The Plodcast89. Wild waters and whirlpools of the Western Isles with poet and story teller Kenneth Steven
We return to the island of Seil in the Inner Hebrides to spend a day with poet Kenneth Steven exploring the wildlife and wild waters that swirl around his…
The Plodcast88. A cold and beautiful winter's day by a Dorset lake in search of peace – and perch
Join angler and writer Kevin Parr as he spends a day at a local lake in Dorset explaining the joys and frustrations of angling. His quarry is the predatory…
The Plodcast87. Spend a blissful, calming day by the river with a Somerset artist
Lucy Pendrick is an artist and nature lover who is a keen listener to the Countryfile Plodcast. In this episode, she takes us to her local river to explore how…
The Plodcast86. Join the quest to find an ancient holy well deep in the Welsh hills
Holy wells are a magical feature of the Welsh landscape – places where people have found dependable clean water and made offerings since ancient times. But…
The Plodcast85. Encountering the surging Severn Bore on an atmospheric walk beside Britain's longest river
Meet the Severn Bore – a dramatic tidal wave that surges up the River Severn on rare occasions each year. Plodcast host Fergus joins local resident and…
The PlodcastExplore rivers, lakes, ponds and streams in this special season of podcasts devoted to water
Explore rivers, lakes and canals in this special season of podcasts. From meeting the Severn Bore and climbing remote hills in search of holy wells to finding…
The Plodcast84. It's the Christmas special! Enjoy a virtual fireside chat with the team about nature and the countryside
Join the Countryfile Magazine plodcast team as we celebrate how the natural world has helped us – and you – through 2020. Plus, we reveal the podcast…
The Plodcast83. Make your rural dream come true with Escape to the Country host Jules Hudson
Jules Hudson has been helping people find their rural dream for over 13 years as host of the BBC's show Escape to the Country. Now he's written a book full of…
The Plodcast82. Mackenzie Crook on his new Worzel Gummidge film this Christmas – and why nature is the true star
Star of The Office, Detectorists and several blockbuster films, Mackenzie Crook has also written, directed and starred in a new adaptation of Worzel Gummidge…
The Plodcast81. "We need greater freedom to roam in the countryside," argues Nick Hayes
Come with us to a narrowboat on the Kennet and Avon canal to talk to Nick Hayes, author of the The Book of Trespass, about how little of the English…
The Plodcast80. Exploring the RSPB's Hope Farm in Cambridgeshire where agriculture and wildlife work together
20 years ago, the RSPB bought Hope Farm in Cambridgeshire to explore how best to farm sustainably and profitably while also creating a home for nature. Meet…
The Plodcast79. Autumn foraging for free food and simple cures with a modern herbalist
Join Maria Fernandez-Garcia as she walks the riverbank and woodlands of Conham River Park on the edge of Bristol in search of autumn edibles. From ruby…
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78. A tranquil ramble with curlews and rare butterflies on the Menai Straits in North Wales
We escape back to summer in this podcast to explore a forgotten peninsula near the town of Caernarvon in North Wales. Enjoy beachcombing, plus a ramble over…