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199. A quest for skylark song in the Cotswold Hills with James MacDonald Lockhart
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jun 20, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
This week we’re going back to early spring and a trip to the north Cotswolds in Warwickshire to meet James Macdonald Lockhart who has written a book inspired purely by birdsong. Rather like our Plodcasts, James has spent several years on quests to listen to some of Britain’s most famous – and curious – avian melodies – and his book Wild Air reveals his adventures and the little known stories behind each species.
In this quest, we were after perhaps the most written about – the most composed about – bird of them all: the skylark.
Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.com.
If read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.
Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com
Write to us:
Plodcast, Countryfile
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In this quest, we were after perhaps the most written about – the most composed about – bird of them all: the skylark.
Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.com.
If read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.
Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com
Write to us:
Plodcast, Countryfile
Eagle House
Bristol BS1 4ST
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Jun 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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