A quest for one of Britain's rarest birds in the Cairngorm mountains

A quest for one of Britain's rarest birds in the Cairngorm mountains

Join naturalist and author James MacDonald Lockhart walking and camping deep in the Cairngorm Mountains in search of the dotterel, a bird that breeds on remote peaks – in episode 14, season 16 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast

Published: August 1, 2023 at 9:19 am

This week we’ve invited a former Plodcast guest to take the reins. Back in episode 199, Plodcast hoast Fergus met James MacDonald Lockhart to hear the songs of skylarks in the Cotswolds.

This week, we’re releasing him into his natural habitat – the wilds of Glenfeshie and surrounding Cairngorm mountain range – in a quest to meet one of Britain’s most unusual birds: the dotterel. Join James on an epic two-day wild-camping adventure in a magnificent wilderness. And don't miss James' new book, Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong

This is episode 14, season 16 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast.

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