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Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river

Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river

Update: 2025-11-07
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You've wandered down to the river to listen to its gentle song – but what's that strange birdsong? A metallic chirruping from the far bank... it's a dipper, it's while bib bobbing at the water's edge. And now a kingfisher zips past with a hoarse, high-pitched whistle. Moments of magic on an overcast autumn day.


BBC Countryfile Magazine's 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. Image from Getty.


Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com


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Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river

Sound Escape 246. Kingfisher calls and dipper song on the rushing river

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