The Plodcast

343. Join the Plodcast team for a lazy day's fishing on the Kennet and Avon Canal

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Plodcast team for a new fishing adventure, this time on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. Writer, angler and naturalist Kevin Parr join...

Sound Escape 265. Stirrings of spring on Llangorse Lake

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A rare day of sun across the lake transforms late winter into a hint of spring. Canada geese stir and honk, a great white egret chitters overhead and ...

342. A journey through time, land and community with country writer Nicola Chester

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning countryside writer Nicola Chester joins the Plodcast this week in her home village of Inkpen in Berkshire to talk about her new book, Gh...

Sound Escape 264. Take the afternoon off by pottering in an allotment

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After a long day, green fingers are calling. Sat beside a quiet allotment, you take in the gentle breeze. Watching over the freshly sprouting veg and ...

341. Enjoy the thrill of coldwater swimming in midwinter in the Cotswolds

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Could you go coldwater swimming in the depths of winter? James Fair attempts to do just that in lake deep in the Cotswolds. He joins his wife Louise a...

Sound Escape 263. Be lulled by the sounds of a 17th-century mill and water wheel in action

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Down a windy track in a small valley at the very point where Herefordshire meets Wales, you find a watermill, restored and still working. As water fro...

340. Discover the healing power of wild plants with Brigit Anna McNeill

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After serious childhood trauma and a high-octane but destructive life as a model, Brigit Anna McNeill found solace and healing in the company of wild ...

Sound Escape 262. Be soothed by gentle rain and birdsong

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Very little is stirring in the deep dark winter woodland. That is until you come to a wide clearing on the edge of the wood, with slumbering farmland ...

339. Hear the extraordinary stories of London's last gas lamplighters

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that, even today, some of London's streets are lit by gas? Annabel Ross heading into the city's twilight zone to meet Aran Osman whose jo...

Sound Escape 261. Wander through a woodland listening to a stream's song

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What's normally a gentle brook, winding through a peaceful woodland, has been transformed by many days of rain into a breathtaking torrent. You get yo...

338. Discover the bizarre tale of the last battle fought on English soil - with writer Ian Breckon

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that the last battle fought on English soil occurred in the early years of Queen Victoria – out in the Kent countryside? Historical nov...

Sound Escape 260. Hear a lost sound of the countryside: the clattering mill

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're featuring a lost sound of the countryside – the curious melodies of clattering mills. These were wind-powered devices on tall poles ...

337. Head into the green lanes of Devon to discuss honesty boxes and mental health with writer Lucy Brazier

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What is an honesty box? And how did it help writer Lucy Brazier understand her husband's serious mental health issues and save her marriage? And all t...

Sound Escape 259. Enjoy the early morning crunch of footsteps in fresh snow

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

You awake to a strange silence, a deep calm. As you draw back the curtain, you are surprised to see a soft blanket of snow across the garden and beyon...

336. Come for a wander in a winter woodland - and then enjoy the Big Garden Birdwatch

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Plodcast host Fergus sets out to find signs of spring in seldom-visited woodland in south Monmouthshire. Listen on for a mindful Plodcast f...

Sound Escape 258. Wild encounters and roaring waves on the Sussex coast

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The pipes and flutes of curlews, oystercatchers and redshanks rise occasionally above the rush and roar of breakers on this little visited haven along...

335. Meet the rebel wilding lord trying to build the WildKingdom

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hugh Crossley aka Lord Somerleyton has rewilded large parts of his estate on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. After initial success spreading his message a...

Sound Escape 257. Hear a garden come alive with birdsong as it is warmed by the winter sun

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After several days of intense cold deep in the Sussex countryside, a bright, warmer morning encourages a procession of birds to move through the garde...

334. Talking curlews and wild musical inspiration with singer-songwriter Merlyn Driver

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Head to the Severn Estuary to meets curlews and other wild waterbirds in the company of singer-songwriter Merlyn Driver. Merlyn's music draws on natur...

Sound Escape 256. The winter song of the River Severn, deep in the heart of Wales

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Just a few miles from its source, the River Severn is already a dashing, tumbling river, full of youthful promise and energy. You meet it while walkin...

333. Prepare for the Big Garden Birdwatch with a walk in a special woodland with the RSPB's James Robinson

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch is one of the world's biggest citizen science projects and provides incredible insights into the populations of...

Sound Escape 255. A walk through a winter woodland, footsteps hushed by fallen leaves

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, yo...

332. Blow off the cobwebs with a hike into the hills to find the legendary Chartists' Cave

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Countryf...

Sound Escape 254. Wake up to gentle birdsong in a sleepy village

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 me...

331. Enjoy an epic starling murmuration on the Somerset Levels with the Plodcast team

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 and...

Sound Escape 253. Hear the voices of a million starlings going to roost

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 flo...

330. It's the Plodcast Christmas Special and team quiz 2025!

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Pl...

Sound Escape 252. Enjoy sunshine and peace along the seawall of the Bristol Channel

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 south...

329. Making a spun-iron frying pan at a family-run foundry in Shropshire

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Plodcast host Fergus heads to Cleobury Mortimer in deeply rural Shropshire to visit the Netherton Foundry. Here, Neil and Sue Currie and their team ma...

Sound Escape 251. Hear the song of the wind on the first icy morning of winter

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 dee...

328. Hunting for mushrooms - and legendary animals - with Kevin Parr

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Plodcast regular Kevin Parr joins host Fergus Collins for a charming mushroom hunting walk in a wooded Welsh valley. Along the way, as the foraging ba...

Sound Escape 250. Swollen by days of rain, the stream has a new song

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After 36 hours of rain, the town floods and then the waters recede, surging down brooks such as this. You pause on a bridge above, hearing a stranger,...

327. Venture out onto the wild Essex marshes with author Michael Warren

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're heading to the bleakly beautiful Essex marshes to meet historian and birder Michael Warren – and thousands of waders and wildfowl i...

Sound Escape 249. The haunting calls of waders and wild geese on forgotten Essex coast

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deep in the Essex Marshes, you find solitude on a path that skirts marsh and lagoon. But you're not entirely alone – from the creeks and open water ...

326. Join the Plodcast team for a round up of listener emails and nature chat

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah, Jack and Lewis in a wild corner of the centre of Bristol for a long-awaited Plodchat – a round-up of our n...

Sound Escape 248. Soft sounds of autumn on the edge of the saltmarsh

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

325. Roam a Hampshire woodland in search of rare hazel dormice

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 dec...

Sound Escape 247. A walk through autumn leaves on an ancient earthwork

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

324. Enjoy a mindful walk along the mighty earthwork running through the Welsh Borders known as Offa's Dyke

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 tak...

Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You've wandered down to the river to listen to its gentle song – but what's that strange birdsong? A metallic chirruping from the far bank... it's a...

323. The Plodcast meets Norman and Saxon warriors at the Battle of Hastings

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Witness the reenactment of the Battle of Hastings – on the very site in Sussex where the future of England was changed forever in 1066. English Heri...

Sound Escape 245. Listen to the whispering reedbed as the sun sets over the wetland

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 car...

322. Discover the history of England in 25 poems - with Catherine Clarke

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

Sound Escape 244. Hear the song of the River Usk in Autumn

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's early in the morning and the human world is awake and bustling. But down by the river you pause to watch the water glide over its stony bed and l...

321. Secrets of the darkness on a night walk with Andy Flack

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the evenings draw in, we're heading out with environmental historian Dr Andrew Flack to experience how the night change our sensory perception of t...

Sound Escape 243. The sounds of an English churchyard in early autumn

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You've wondered down a country lane to find a small, ancient church with a square tower. Crumbling gravestones covered in moss or lichen lean here and...

320. Wander the beaches of North Cornwall with artist Sarah Adams

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we head back to high summer and the North Cornwall coast. Plodcast host Fergus takes a beach walk with artist Sarah Adams. Venturing ...

Sound Escape 242. Footsteps though a beechwood full of fungi

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're walking in beechwoods in a vale high up in the Welsh hills. Leaves are beginning to fall but the sound beneath your feet is the faint rustle of ...

319. Why are wallabies living wild on the Isle of Man? The Plodcast investigates

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Plodcast has learned that hundreds wallabies are living wild on the Isle of Man? How did these Australian marsupials get there and what impact are...

Sound Escape 241. Take a breather overlooking Exmoor's stunning coastline

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the sun high on a cloudless day, you listen to the rippling waves of the Exmoor coast. The gentle foam trickles over deep red seaweed and smoothe...

318. Discover the power of old ballads with Amy Jeffs on a walk along an enchanted stream

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A wonderful Plodcast walk this week – in Vallis Vale in the Mendip Hills. Plodcast host Fergus joins artist, historian and musician Amy Jeffs on a l...

Sound Escape 240. Wind down to the evening song of a rural farm

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the day draws to a close, the cattle gather for their night-time routine, and the birds sing their final calls of the day. The pink-and-orange sunl...

317. Haunting poetry and crashing waves on the Cornish coast with poet Katrina Naomi

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Plodcast heads to Penzance in Cornwall this week to hear the haunting poetry of Katrina Naomi. Katrina met Plodcast host Fergus on a beach near th...

Sound Escape 239. Listen to the night-time snuffles of a garden hedgehog

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just as you're closing the back door as dusk falls, you hear a rustling in from the end of the garden. Is it a cat or a rat? No, it's a hedgehog forag...

316. Inspiring conservation stories from the Global Birdfair 2025

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we return to the Global Birdfair, held in summer at Rutland every year. Hear two inspiring conservation stories: the first interview is with...

Sound Escape 238. Pause on a bridge over a late summer stream

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deep in a cool woodland, you hear the rumour of a stream long before you see it. A small stone bridge crosses the water, just above a small waterfall....

315. Relax with a dreamy day's fishing beside a sleepy Somerset lake

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let the Plodcast take you to a peaceful lake deep in the Somerset countryside. Lily pads float in margins, dragonflies buzz past and kingfisher makes ...

Sound Escape 237: Soak in the sounds of rushing rain through the drainpipes

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're listening to the rain. Its been dry for weeks, and this shower feels like its washing the world clean. The water runs down the roofs and gurgles...

314. Meet the people behind the Merlin app that helps you ID birdsong

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're at the Global Bird Fair, held every summer on the edge of Rutland Water in the tiny county of Rutland. Plodcast host Fergus met two o...

Sound Escape 236. Perch by a still Somerset lake

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Soothed by the gentle lapping of water, you pause by a quiet lake. It's a hot day, but you find refuge sheltered under the rustling willow trees. Moor...

313. A quest to find storks and turtle doves at Knepp Wildlands - with Isabella Tree

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

Sound Escape 235. Listen to the distinct chorus of London's parakeets

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 organ...

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

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. Me...

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

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Sound Escape 233. Embrace the surging sea on the North Cornwall coast

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 see...

310. Meet the monsters lurking in the corners of our landscape and imagination - with Nicholas Jubber

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 foo...

Sound Escape 232. Be lulled to sleep by the buzz of grasshoppers in a summer meadow

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

309. Connection to nature helps can help us tackle life's challenges says author Nic Wilson

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how nature helped author Nic Wilson navigate chronic illness and childhood trauma as well as enabling her to develop a crucial sense of belon...

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

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, watch...

308. Embark on a Big Butterfly Count on the Dorset coast with Butterfly Conservation

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. B...

Sound Escape 230. The soothing gentle patter of rain in a Welsh oakwood

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 magnific...

307. Take a wander along Britain's most famous waterway: The River Test in Hampshire

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Take a springtime wander along the River Test, near the pretty Hampshire town of Stockbridge. Plodcast host Fergus Collins joins regular Plodcast list...

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

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 blackb...

306. Walk a Viking battlefield and discover a forgotten turning point in English history - with Rupert Gavin

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Sound Escape 228. The sheer delight of a nightingale singing at dawn

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 sh...

305. Discover the strangest relationships in the animal world - with Sophie Pavelle

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, S...

Sound Escape 227. Enjoy the conversations from a colony of sparrows

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 y...

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

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

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

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 thi...

303. Learn how to photograph gardens with award-winning photographer Jason Ingram

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Ingram has photographed some of the world's finest gardens and is regarded as one of the very best in the business. His images of famous gardens...

Sound Escape 225. Skylarks and corn buntings on a Wiltshire downland

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're walking in the ancient kingdom of Wessex, across a stretch of wild downland that might have looked no different when Saxon warbands passed thro...

302. Roaming a magnificent unspoilt downland - and recording a very surprising bird

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Come with us to explore the magic of Martin Down, a glorious stretch of largely unspoilt chalk downland on the borders of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dor...

Sound Escape 224. Take a moment in the serene woodland of the Hampshire Downs

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Overlooking the vast escarpment of Watership Down, you pause for thought. The sound of gently swaying beech trees is welcome relief from the hustle-an...

301. Explore the D-Day launch point at Lepe in Hampshire with Julian Humphrys

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To commemorate D-Day and the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we met with historian Julian Humphrys at Lepe Beach in Hampshire. Lepe was one of the launchp...

Sound Escape 223. Be charmed by the many voices of a moorland stream

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climbing a Peak District moor, you fall into step with a small stream tumbling down the hillside. As you walk, the song of the stream changes – from...

300. The team return to Watership Down - the setting for episode 1!

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's episode 300 of the Plodcast! To mark this momentous occasion, Plodcast regulars Hannah, Jack and Lewis join host Fergus for a return to the scene...

Sound Escape 222. Hear swallows chatter as they swoop over the farmyard

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A morning's walk leads you to a ramshackle farm where a bench has been left out for walkers. As you take advantage of this kindness and drink tea from...

299. Explore The Newt, a nature-friendly country house estate in Somerset

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Plodcast host Fergus Collins returns to his Somerset roots this episode to explore a country house that he used to explore as a child. Now it has been...

Sound Escape 221. Be charmed by chiffchaffs and blackcaps beside a woodland pool

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A wander through a scrubby wooded cwm brings you out into a glade with a view towards the Preseli Hills of Pembrokeshire. But at your feet is a calm p...

298. A walk with Robert Macfarlane along a Cambridge chalk stream to its magical spring

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A special extended edition of the Plodcast this week as we embark on an adventure with celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane to walk the length of a cha...

Sound Escape 220. Sit back and enjoy a ride in a canalboat

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a more peaceful way to travel than by canal boat? You sit back and relax as you potter slowly along the Monmouth-Brecon canal. But what's thi...

297. A quest to find a solution to the climate crisis - with Tony Juniper

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Come to the centre of Cambridge to walk along the River Cam with Tony Juniper. Conservationist and chair of Natural England, Tony is one of the world'...

Sound Escape 219. A sandpiper serenade on the River Usk

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You pause beside the river, watching sunlight play on the rapids. Above the rush of the water, you hear the excitable snickering of common sandpipers ...

296. Discover a wilder way to garden - and to live - with Poppy Okotcha

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Poppy Okotcha explains how to garden for contentment, health and deeper connection with nature and community. Plodcast host Fergus Collins met the fas...

Sound Escape 218. Dusk settles on a peaceful farmyard

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's early evening on a remote sheep farm in Warwickshire. The orange sunset slants through the trees and the lambs are softly bleating. BBC Countryf...

295. Explore a Warwickshire farm at lambing time with Bizza Walters

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're heading to a sheep farm in Warwickshire just south of Birmingham. It's lambing time and young farmer Bizza Walters and her family reve...

Sound Escape 217. Enjoy the zipping song of a yellowhammer at the bottom of the garden

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a peaceful Dorset valley, a garden looks onto wide farmland. As a blackbird sings seductively from the hedgerow, a yellowhammer tests out his risin...

294. Take a walk on the Pennine Way with folk singer Johnny Campbell

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the opening of Britain's most famous long-distance footpath, Plodcast host Fergus met folk singer Johnny Campbell...

Sound Escape 216. Winter fieldfares mix with spring skylarks and starling as winter yields to spring

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're on the cusp of spring but winter clings on in rasping voices of ravens. As you walk in the cold sunlight of early March across a field to a stan...