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Sound Escape 107: The soothing calls of wildfowl through the mist on the Avalon Marshes
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Sound Escape 107: The soothing calls of wildfowl through the mist on the Avalon Marshes
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It's a wintry afternoon on the Somerset Levels. In the pre-dusk light, you watch as a thin mist evolves from the reeds and settles on the ice. It’s not all ice, there are sections of the surface that have been broken open by the many waterbirds that live in this winter-gold enclave of the Levels. Undeterred by the by the frigid conditions are coots int their scores. Moorhens call, geese clamour, a marsh harrier rises silently from the din.
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. Recorded by Daniel Graham. Presented by Hannah Tribe
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com
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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. Recorded by Daniel Graham. Presented by Hannah Tribe
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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