# Sound Escape 266. Relax to the dusk melodies of a male blackbird Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/sound-escape-266-relax-to-the-dusk-melodies-of-a-male-blackbird Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/sound-escape-266-relax-to-the-dusk-melodies-of-a-male-blackbird.md Podcast: [The Plodcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581) Published: 2026-03-27T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4148394714.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4148394714.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plodcast-585581/episodes/sound-escape-266-relax-to-the-dusk-melodies-of-a-male-blackbird Duration seconds: 1123 ## Resource As dusk falls and human activity finally slows in a small market town, a blackbird decides now's the time to release his latest album of lullabies. Slow, beguiling and wistful, his songs lifts the spirits of all within earshot.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 by GettyEmail 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 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plodcast-585581/episodes/sound-escape-266-relax-to-the-dusk-melodies-of-a-male-blackbird/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/sound-escape-266-relax-to-the-dusk-melodies-of-a-male-blackbird.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.