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Reed bunting guide: call, appearance and facts
The reed bunting can be seen all year round in the UK in a variety of habitats, from reedbeds and marshes to farmland, heathland and coastal grassland. Learn all about this small brown bunting, including what it looks like, its call and the difference between males and females with your expert guide.
Woodpecker guide: UK species, how to identify and what they sound like
There are three species of woodpecker and one species of wryneck in the UK – find out how to tell the difference with our guide to woodpeckers
Firecrests and other magical creatures of the New Forest
Learn birdsong with naturalist Dominic Couzens in the stunning surroundings of the New Forest in episode 7, season 14 of the Countryfile Plodcast
Podcast: Learn birdsongs on a delightful spring walk in the New Forest
Enjoy a walk through a wildlife rich corner of the New Forest with naturalist Dominic Couzens who shares his unique tips on how to identify birds by their song in episode 4, season 12 of the Countryfile Magazine podcast: The Plodcast
Podcast: The magic of April in a hidden valley deep in the Brecon Beacons
In the first episode of a new season of Plodcasts – Wild Britain – host Fergus Collins takes you on a guided walk through a birdsong-filled valley off the beaten track in Brecon Beacons National Park
Podcast: Relax to the dawn chorus from a West Country oak wood
Enjoy the dawn – and dusk – chorus of spring birdsong from a Somerset oak wood in episode 7, series 9 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: A soothing dawn walk with spring birdsong along a Brecon Beacons canal
A calming wander along an old Brecon Beacons canal listening to birdsong - including song thrushes and chiffchaffs – in episode 10, season 8 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Walk with bluebells and cuckoos on Sugar Loaf in the Brecon Beacons
Take a magnificent bluebell walk and hear cuckoos, redstarts and spring lambs in ancient oakwoods – in episode 7, season 5 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Journey into spring on Exmoor to meet Britain's most exotic migrant birds
Explore the spring wildlife of Horner Wood on Exmoor in the company of nature writer and broadcaster Tim Dee in the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcastseason 5, episode 6
Podcast: A gentle nature ramble in rural Dorset – with a magnificent dawn chorus
Hear a magnificent dawn chorus in Dorset – plus encounters with skylarks and grass snakes – in episode 5, season 5 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Celebrate spring with the glorious song of woodlarks on Chobham Common
In the weekly BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast, enjoy the fabulous song of the woodlark on the wild heaths of Chobham Common in Surrey by listening to episode 12 in season 4.
Podcast: Explore a mysterious ancient Wansdyke in Wiltshire – plus listen to stunning spring birdsong
Take a wonderful spring walk in bluebells woods and across the Wessex Downs in search of the Wansdyke – a mysterious earthwork that runs for 40 miles across the landscape