Sound Escape 281. Listen to whitethroats and kestrels beside the River Medway in Kent

Sound Escape 281. Listen to whitethroats and kestrels beside the River Medway in Kent

July 9, 2026 · 15 min · Season 19

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This episode features the sounds of birds and nature along the River Medway in Kent.

Walking beside the deep green River Medway in Kent, your path takes in a broad meander that curls around a wildflower-rich meadow. Blackcaps and whitethroats sing from hedges, young kestrels call for food and a song thrush vies with a skylark for performance of the day. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Plodcast Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins and introduced by Hannah Tribe.Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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