Opinion

Wild flower meadow on a slope outside Savill Building in Windsor Great Park consisting mainly of yellow rudbeckia with blue sky in background

Adam Henson: Rewilding plans need careful consideration to strike the right balance

Mountain hare in white winter pelage foraging on hillside during snowstorm.

Countryfile TV Show

Ellie Harrison: Time and attention are essential for a real connection with the natural world

A sparrowhawk attacks a jay

Ellie Harrison: We are not the best judges of nature

Horse and rider walking in countryside

Nicola Chester: Our bond with horses remains strong

Steep sea cliff St Kilda

Adam Henson: why I love BBC Countryfile Magazine

Red kite, Wales

John Craven: In celebration of 200 issues of BBC Countryfile Magazine

Thatched cottage at Kingham

Nicola Chester: Rural evictions summon the spirit of resistance

Malvern Hills with low lying mist

Ellie Harrison: Music is part of the magic of nature

Countryfile Presenters

Ellie Harrison: How has the countryside changed?

Ellie Harrison

A woman looks through binoculars. Illustration.

Meet author Nicola Chester

Holly ivy and mistletoe

Ellie Harrison: real nature brought indoors improves every surface

feather speech Hannah Bourne Taylor joins the Countryfile Plodcast

Podcast: Take a woodland wander with ‘naked campaigner’ Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Devonshire wheat fields in Summer, a colourful dawn sky over rolling hills with tractor lines in the wheat snaking off into the distance.

Adam Henson: Taking stock of a tumultuous year

A man walks on a footpath at sunset, winter

Nicola Chester: The right to roam could heal our broken relationship with nature

Black and white image of a two women and a young teenage boy listening to a wireless

John Craven: Children’s Hour instilled in me a passion for the countryside