The Plodcast Podcast
1) Sound Escape 249. The haunting calls of waders and wild geese on forgotten Essex coast
Deep in the Essex Marshes, you find solitude on a path that skirts marsh and lagoon. But you're not entirely alone β from the creeks and open water the fluting calls of waders and ducks and the deeper...Show More
2) 326. Join the Plodcast team for a round up of listener emails and nature chat
Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah, Jack and Lewis in a wild corner of the centre of Bristol for a long-awaited Plodchat β a round-up of our nature adventures plus listener emails, recordings an...Show More
3) Sound Escape 248. Soft sounds of autumn on the edge of the saltmarsh
It's a still autumn morning and you've headed to the sea wall along the edge of the saltmarsh. A gentle rain falls as robins sing in the scrub on the landward side of the wall while occasional redshan...Show More
4) 325. Roam a Hampshire woodland in search of rare hazel dormice
This week we're in Hampshire, looking for dormice. These tiny, charming little mammals are hard to find at the best of times but numbers have been declining for decades mainly due to changes to how we...Show More
5) Sound Escape 247. A walk through autumn leaves on an ancient earthwork
A path winds on before you, running along the top of an ancient earthwork constructed over a 1000 years ago. To the west, the land falls away into a deep river valley, to the east, fertile farmland th...Show More
6) 324. Enjoy a mindful walk along the mighty earthwork running through the Welsh Borders known as Offa's Dyke
From the end of Saxon England last week, we head to the height of Saxon power in Mercia and the reign of King Offa (757-796). Plodcast host Fergus takes a walk along Offa's great work β a massive defe...Show More
7) Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river
You've wandered down to the river to listen to its gentle song β but what's that strange birdsong? A metallic chirruping from the far bank... it's a dipper, it's while bib bobbing at the water's edge....Show More
8) 323. The Plodcast meets Norman and Saxon warriors at the Battle of Hastings
Witness the reenactment of the Battle of Hastings β on the very site in Sussex where the future of England was changed forever in 1066. English Heritage invited the Plodcast to meet the people re-enac...Show More
9) Sound Escape 245. Listen to the whispering reedbed as the sun sets over the wetland
A golden autumn sun is dropping behind the hills. A soft wind rides down from the uplands, over the lake and stirs the reedbed. Among the whispers carried on the breeze, you hear croaks, calls and gur...Show More
10) 322. Discover the history of England in 25 poems - with Catherine Clarke
Explore the history and identity of England from Saxon times to the modern day through 25 poems. Host Annabel Ross meets author Catherine Clarke in the heart of England by the River Thames to discuss ...Show More