{"id":28732,"date":"2023-06-27T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=147816"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:39:31","slug":"podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: 200th episode special! Can we find elusive kingfishers on a central Bristol river?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack on an evening walk up the River Frome in central Bristol in search of kingfishers <\/p>

By Fergus Collins\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 27 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack explore the River Frome in central Bristol in search of kingfishers \u2013 which would be a first for Jack and only a second time for Hannah.<\/p>\n

Along the way, they discover delightful urban wildlife, glorious wildflowers and enjoy a series of curious encounters\u2026 but do they complete their mission? Listen on for a lovely evening\u2019s Plodcast adventure.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is episode 9 of season 16: Get Active in Nature<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=295%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=295%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=350%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=350%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=399%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=399%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=547%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=547%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=613%2C413"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=613%2C413"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=402%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=402%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=549%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=549%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img class=\""wp-image-15351\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/GettyImages-865738562-bc83d2c.jpg?quality=90&resize=613%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\""A\" kingfisher=\"\" perched=\"\" on=\"\" a=\"\" riverside=\"\" twig=\"\" title=\""Kingfisher\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\""caption-hold"\"><figcaption class=\""wp-caption-text"\"><span class=\""caption-copy"\"><i class=\""icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The River Frome is central Bristol is know for its kingfishers \u2013 but Jack on the Plodcast team had never seen the species. Could this 200th episode finally bring him this magical bird? Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\""im-image-caption"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to:\u00a0<a href=\""mailto:editor@countryfile.com"\">editor@countryfile.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Countryfile Magazine website:\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/"\">countryfile.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Write to us:<br\/>\nPlodcast, Countryfile<br\/>\nEagle House<br\/>\nBristol BS1 4ST<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack on an evening walk up the River Frome in central Bristol in search of kingfishers <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28733,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-scaled.jpg",2560,1920,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-1024x768.jpg",800,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-1536x1152.jpg",1536,1152,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/06\/podcast-200th-episode-special-can-we-find-elusive-kingfishers-on-a-central-bristol-river-2048x1536.jpg",2048,1536,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack on an evening walk up the River Frome in central Bristol in search of kingfishers","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}