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Podcast: A dreamy day's fishing on a Somerset canal
Join the Plodcast team and angler and writer Kevin Parr for a lazy day fishing on the bank of a canal in episode 7, season 15 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast
Podcast: Caving in the Mendips with storyteller Amy Jeffs
Hear tales of ancient times deep in a cavern in Somerset with historian, artist and storyteller Amy Jeffs in episode 3, season 15 of the Countryfile Plodcast
Podcast: Discover the magic of cider making on Dowdings farm
Learn the lore of the apple tree in a wildlife-friendly orchard in south Somerset with cider-maker Oliver Dowding in episode 8, season 13 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast
Podcast: a fabulous canoe journey at dawn to see beavers on an English river
Join beaver expert Bevis Watts in a canoe on the River Avon near Bath to catch up with the beavers that have made their home here – in episode 6, season 12 of the Countryfile Plodcast
Podcast: Tales from a Somerset riverbank part 2
The second part of our adventure exploring the world of angling on two Somerset rivers. With Kevin Parr and plodcast host Fergus Collins in episode 12, season 11 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast
Podcast: Tales from the riverbank part 1 - a relaxing day's angling in Somerset
Enjoy a day's fishing, wildlife watching and idle chat with angler and writer Kevin Parr in episode 11, season 11 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine Podcast: the Plodcast
Podcast: Exploring the winter wildlife of Steart Marshes in Somerset with naturalist Ben Hoare
In the first episode of our new Plodcast series: Voices of the Countryside, we meet author and naturalist Ben Hoare to capture the atmosphere created by waders and wildfowl on the WWT's marvellous Steart Marshes reservve
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 quest for booming bitterns on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset
Join an adventure to hear the magical and mournful boom of the bittern – plus extraordinary spring birdsong – in the marshes of the Somerset Levels in episode 5, season 9 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: In search of spring curlews with Mary Colwell and David Gray
In the first of our new season of podcasts - Spring Across Britain – we meet writer and curlew campaigner Mary Colwell on the Somerset Levels – and then singer David Gray on how wild places influenced his new album
Day out: Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset
A single starling is easily overlooked. A flock of several million makes for a legendary evening's entertainment
Podcast: A delightful morning on a Devon river with wildlife photographer Jim Brown
Enjoy a gentle meander along the River Axe in Devon in the friendly company of wildlife photographer Jim Brown and professional story-teller Martin Maudsley. Listen on for stories of wildlife and folklore in episode 11, season 8 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Spend a blissful, calming day by the river with a Somerset artist
Enjoy a gentle conversation about our relationship with nature and rivers in the company of Somerset artist Lucy Pendrick in episode 3, season 8 of the Countryfile Magazine podcast
Podcast: Go birdwatching with the amazing Birdgirl in Somerset
Mya-Rose Craig – aka the Birdgirl – is a birder and environmental campaigner who works to encourage more young people into nature, especially from minority groups. She talks to Annabel Ross in the new episode of the BBC Countryfile Magazine Podcasts
Day out: Triscombe Stone and The Drove Road, Somerset
Snaking through beech woodland and across high heather hills is a historic way, etched into
the landscape by the hooves of livestock and the feet of soldiers
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
Walk: Badgworthy Water, Exmoor National Park
Explore Doone Country, one of Exmoor's most beautiful river valleys and the backdrop to the R.D Blackmore's tale of romance and murder – Lorna Doone
Day out: WWT Steart Marshes, Somerset
This flood-defence strategy on the Somerset coast shows just how successfully
people and nature can work in harmony
Podcast: A Somerset beach ramble to tackle the menace of litter
The BBC Countryfile Magazine team headed to Clevedon in Somerset to clean the beaches of litter. Have a listen and find how to join our Litter Heroes campaign in episode 10, season 2 of the Countryfile Magazine podcast
02. Go birdwatching with Mike Dilger in Chew Valley, Somerset
Mike Dilger takes our editor Fergus birding on Chew Valley Lake in north Somerset – find out how they got on in this week's podcast, episode 2, season 1
Video: Agritexture – an exploration of the rural environment
Agritexture is the first in a series of experimental shorts exploring how farming and nature have shaped the rural environment.
Walk: Montacute House, Somerset
The towering walls, glorious gables, Tudor artwork and fragrant gardens of Montacute House provide the perfect starting point for a six-mile walk through south Somerset’s ancient countryside
Black dormouse recorded for the first time in Britain
A black dormouse has been recorded for the first time in Britain in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Devon/Somerset border.
Longest stretch of England Coast Path now open in Somerset
The longest stretch of the new England Coast Path has now opened in Somerset - allowing public access to some of the region's most stunning sites, including views of Exmoor and the Bristol Channel.