This week we're relaxing to a delightful piece of writing about nightingales by Dominic Couzens accompanied by the birds themselves – and read by Fergus Collins. Nightingales is from a collection of BBC Countryfile Magazine articles published new book Countryfile: A Year in the Countryside introduced by John Craven and edited by podcast host Fergus Collins.
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.
Read by Fergus Collins.
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
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181. An adventure into the underworld of folklore and magic with Amy Jeffs
Sound Escape 100: Underwater with grey seals in the Outer Hebrides
180. Along the Ridgeway with archaeologist Mary-Ann Ochota
Sound Escape 99: The first birdsong of the year in a garden on Gower
179. Enjoy a New Year wildlife ramble along the River Usk
Sound Escape 98: Relax by a log fire in an old farmhouse kitchen
Sound Escape 97: Enjoy a melody of waterwall and waves on the North Devon coast
178. Celebrate the best of 2022 in the Plodcast Christmas special!
Sound Escape 96: The astounding sounds of a starling murmuration
177. In search of the Christmas partridge with author Patrick Galbraith
Sound Escape 95: A cold, crisp winter's walk along the Severn Estuary
176. Out in the Black Mountains with the Crickhowell Walking Festival
Sound Escape 94: An early Christmas present of spring birdsong at Llanthony Priory
175. Explore mysterious Eggardon Hill in Dorset – and hear a poignant conversation with the local farmer
Sound Escape 93: The invigorating roar of the River Usk in spate
174. A woodland wander with 'naked campaigner' Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Sound Escape 92: The joy of lying in bed and listening to the countryside waking up
173. A wild walk with choughs and curlews on Anglesey
Sound Escape 91: Enjoy autumn moods in a forgotten Welsh valley
172. A quest to hear the mysterious corncrake on the island of Tiree
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