The Plodcast

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Nature #61

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/podcastSubscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/print/bbc-countryfile-magazine-subscription

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Recent Episodes
  • Sound Escape 196. Be soothed by the rush and fall of waves on a rocky coast in Wales
    Nov 22, 2024 – 13:30
  • 273. Discover how Empire shaped the British countryside with historian Corinne Fowler
    Nov 19, 2024 – 57:04
  • Sound Escape 195. Hear the eerie bellows of red deer stags during the autumn rut
    Nov 15, 2024 – 17:09
  • 272. A wander in the Cambridgeshire Fens with ground-breaking broadcaster Catherine Carr
    Nov 12, 2024 – 01:03:27
  • Sound Escape 194. Enjoy the beguiling patterns of rainfall in a back garden
    Nov 8, 2024 – 23:00
  • 271. A quest to go fishing on a lake where anglers are rarely allowed
    Nov 5, 2024 – 01:15:25
  • Sound Escape 193. Sit beside a waterfall in a once-bustling landscape reclaimed by nature
    Nov 1, 2024 – 21:51
  • 270. Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn join the Plodcast to celebrate their new children's book
    Oct 29, 2024 – 57:22
  • Sound Escape 192. Relax to wind in the willows
    Oct 25, 2024 – 13:36
  • 269. A wonderful walk and talk with Hamza Yassin
    Oct 22, 2024 – 50:00
  • Sound Escape 191. Sit for a while in a sunny valley of sheep and fungi
    Oct 18, 2024 – 16:05
  • 268. Explore a haunted landscape of lost industry in Yorkshire with historian Eleanor Barraclough
    Oct 15, 2024 – 42:29
  • Sound Escape 190. Escape to a mountaintop among buzzards and ravens
    Oct 11, 2024 – 20:16
  • 267. Join a Big River Watch to help save our waterways
    Oct 8, 2024 – 01:04:42
  • Sound Escape 189. Listen to life go by along a quiet country lane
    Oct 4, 2024 – 20:03
  • 266. Take an early morning walk to explore a hillfort in the Bannau Brycheiniog
    Oct 1, 2024 – 47:49
  • Sound Escape 188. Sitting by the banks of a canal
    Sep 27, 2024 – 21:29
  • 265. Meet wildlife ranger and TV presenter Ajay Tegala
    Sep 24, 2024 – 52:25
  • Sound Escape 187. Take a break next to a rushing Dartmoor stream
    Sep 20, 2024 – 11:41
  • 264. Join the quest to return eagles to the skies of Wales
    Sep 17, 2024 – 01:00:35
  • Sound Escape 186. Listen to the tide rising over a saltmarsh in Carmarthen Bay
    Sep 13, 2024 – 18:14
  • 263. A journey through the Highlands of Scotland
    Sep 10, 2024 – 01:00:00
  • Sound Escape 185. Be bewitched by the whispering leaves of aspen trees
    Sep 6, 2024 – 11:19
  • 262. Explore the strange music within ponds with Alice Boyd
    Sep 3, 2024 – 48:36
  • Sound Escape 184. Relax to the rhythms of waves on the mysterious shores of the Severn Estuary
    Aug 30, 2024 – 13:19
  • 261. Join the Plodcast team for a train ride out to a forgotten wilderness near Bristol
    Aug 27, 2024 – 54:35
  • Sound Escape 183. Delight in the last birdsong of the summer woodland
    Aug 23, 2024 – 08:56
  • 260. We're on stage at the Global Birdfair with naturalist and geese fanatic Nick Acheson
    Aug 20, 2024 – 01:08:55
  • Sound Escape 182. Be mesmerised by the songs of yellowhammers
    Aug 16, 2024 – 15:17
  • 259. Find lost artefacts on the River Thames with mudlarker Lara Maiklem
    Aug 13, 2024 – 56:35
  • Sound Escape 181. Take a moorland stroll among pipits and skylarks
    Aug 9, 2024 – 10:02
  • 258. Spend the day in a summer meadow at glorious Wakehurst in Sussex
    Aug 6, 2024 – 01:01:55
  • Sound Escape 180. Be calmed by gentle rain on summer leaves
    Aug 2, 2024 – 13:59
  • 257. A quest for beauty - and yellowhammer song - on a midsummer mountain
    Jul 30, 2024 – 41:48
  • Sound Escape 179. Chill to a lazy symphony of birdsong in a lakeside woodland
    Jul 26, 2024 – 09:07
  • 256. One man's quest to drive back the dark woods with music
    Jul 23, 2024 – 53:16
  • Sound Escape 178. Relax in an overgrown churchyard on the mellowest of summer evenings
    Jul 19, 2024 – 15:59
  • 255. A quest to explore the magic of flight with Lev Parikian
    Jul 16, 2024 – 47:57
  • Sound Escape 177. Sunlight and birdsong stream through a summer woodland
    Jul 12, 2024 – 14:03
  • 254. Discover the magic of weeds with artist Anna Chapman Parker
    Jul 9, 2024 – 01:02:45
  • Sound Escape 176. Enjoy perky parakeets on a walk in Richmond Park
    Jul 5, 2024 – 15:33
  • 253. Who is the Orchid Outlaw? And what is he up to in the wilds of Britain?
    Jul 2, 2024 – 50:54
  • Sound Escape 175. Spend dusk among the beechwoods of Hampshire
    Jun 28, 2024 – 14:07
  • 252. What can you find to eat on an urban foraging adventure in Bristol?
    Jun 25, 2024 – 01:11:11
  • Sound Escape 174. Spend midsummer beside a chuckling river teeming with life
    Jun 21, 2024 – 11:19
  • 251. Should we cull some animals to save others - asks Hugh Warwick?
    Jun 18, 2024 – 49:19
  • Sound Escape 173. Enjoy the sultry song of a blackbird at dusk
    Jun 14, 2024 – 09:30
  • 250. Hear migrant birds as they arrive in the UK at Portland Bill in Dorset - with one very special visitor
    Jun 11, 2024 – 01:07:27
  • Sound Escape 172. Let the waves of Luskentyre Beach wash all stress away
    Jun 7, 2024 – 12:22
  • 249. Welsh language and landscape with Julie Brominicks
    Jun 4, 2024 – 47:50
Recent Reviews
  • JMPolitte
    A wonderful gem
    As someone who’s looking to emigrate to Britain from America in the not too distant future with my Scottish wife, I have been really pleased to learn more about the British countryside. I absolutely love the Plodcast, and I hope you bring back the Plodcast chats at the end (I absolutely love those bits and especially the corny jokes).
  • Nit-Noi Mum
    A Wonderful Programme!
    I’m an avid podcast listener- and I must say that the Countryfile series is one of the very best I’ve ever heard. How rare it is to hear a show like this amid the daily clamour of social media offerings that screech at us through the airways... Fergus Collins and his team do an absolutely amazing job of transporting the listener to another place and time with fascinating programmes about the British countryside and rural issues. If you find solace in nature and love walking in the woods or listening to birds, this series is definitely for you and comes highly recommended! Thanks to the wonderful team at Countryfile for this great series- Amanda Hughes-Horan Interpretive Insights
  • archeoleg
    Calming
    Helps me wind down and sleep
  • MPRnKC
    I didn’t know I needed this
    This is the soothing background I need to have a relaxing day in my home office. No offensive jokes, no yelling, no terrible news, just the sounds of nature and calm British voices. I love this. Can you get Monty Don as a guest?!
  • andererseits
    Interesting podcast with change of focus seasonally.
    However, I must insist on more Joel, SatGav, and fat Golden Eagles.
  • SaharSJ
    Stupid
    A very stupid useless waste of time
  • Foodie in Baltimore
    Perfect
    I’ve listened podcast for years, irregularly. I came back to your show in September, and thank goodness, I need this right now! Nature has been meditative during the pandemic, as has hiking. On another note, I’m an Anglophile in Baltimore, MD, USA, this is a helpful since we can’t travel. Thank you!
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