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A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
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A Highland Halloween, a Seal Safari and a Clock Tower in Moray
In this week’s Scotland’s Outdoors podcast Mark meets loch bagger Claire Young. Claire came up with the idea of loch bagging after vertigo put a halt to her Munro bagging. We hear an excerpt where Mark chats to her about how the idea develo
Loch Bagging with Claire Young
Mark Stephen learns about the pursuit of Loch Bagging with its inventor, Clare Young
A Lawn full of Fungi, a Stag called Rufus and Extreme Timbersports
Mark is in Aberdeen where hair from a grey squirrel has been in found in feeder boxes. That might not sound very unusual, but the city was close to eradicating the non-native species which spread disease which kills the native red squirrels
Stobs Military Camp, Hawick
Mark Stephen visits Stobs Military Camp near Hawick to discover the importance of this site from a training camp in the early 1900s to a resettlement camp after the second world war. Andrew Jepson of Archaeology Scotland is his guide
The World's Quietest Festival, Ardestie Earth House and Arbroath Signal Tower Museum
The Arbroath Signal Tower Museum is set to benefit from more than £300,000 of funding to develop its outdoor space. Mark went for a visit to hear about their plans to transform the garden into an accessible, multi-functional public space fo
The Man with the Horse, Poet and Storyteller, Tony Bonning
Rachel Stewart meets poet and story teller, Tony Bonning. Tony, known as the Man with the Horse, undertakes treks across the country with his horse Chief to collect folklore and tales along the way
Pears, Corncrakes and Cow Calling
It’s the time of year when we celebrate leaves as Autumn unfolds. Mark meets up with leaf expert Professor Jonathan Silvertown who’s written a book about them called Nature’s Magicians. Did you know that way back when there were no leaves o
The Hidden Powers of Leaves
Mark Stephen meets Professor Jonathan Silvertown whose book Nature Magicians is all about leaves and why they matter
Edinburgh's Surf Resort, Wallace, Glasgow's Fire Dog and the Wild Plants of Deeside
Funding is being made available to improve core paths in Aberdeen over the next few years and Rachel joined Chris York from environmental consultancy Walking the Talk to find out what a core path actually is Mark visits a surf resort and he
The Cities of the Future with an Eye to the Past
Helen Needham meets up with writer Gabriella Bennett to discuss her book 'How to Build a City'. They meet in Glenrothes in Fife where Gabriella spent part of her childhood.
Wasps, Coos and Doos
Up until now, access from the top station of the Cairngorm funicular railway onto the mountain was not allowed outside the winter snowsports season, unless visitors were accompanied by a guide. However, as Mark went to find out, a trial is
The History of Portsoy Marble
Rachel Stewart finds out about a major heritage project linked to the distinctive stone.
Sounds of the Canal, Rosie the Cow and a Garden on a Carpark
The Denburn car park in Aberdeen city centre is well known by locals, but not many people might be as familiar with what sits on top of it. Around the derelict health centre, a community group, Upper Denburn Gardens, is working to improve t
The Healing Power of Horses with Jock Hutchison
Horseback UK is a charity run by Jock Hutchison and his wife Emma bringing together horses and humans to overcome some of the stresses of everyday life
Scottish Rain, Productive Worms and an Archive of Soil
Mark visits the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen where researchers are carrying out a project to restore, preserve and digitise irreplaceable soil and peat maps, aerial imagery, field notebooks and survey records collected since 1947. Mar
Capturing the Wild with Photographer Karen Miller
Mark Stephen talks to former colleague Karen Miller about swapping her desk for wildlife.
Little Egrets, Popular Peacocks and The Book of Birds
Mark visits NatureScot’s Forvie National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire where little egrets have bred in north-east Scotland for the first time. They are a welcome addition to the reserve although as manager Catriona Reid tells him, climat
The Book of Birds with Jackie Morris
Helen Needham discusses The Book of Birds with illustrator and artist Jackie Morris
Surfing Quines, Sunflowers and Sea Eagles
Mark catches up with another of the finalists in BBC Scotland’s Make a Difference Award environmental category. Midlothian Wildflowers started as a small group of people from the Bonnyrigg and Rosewell community carrying out some guerilla g
60 Years of the Tay Road Bridge
Mark Stephen climbs inside the Tay Road Bridge to mark its 60th Birthday
Nature Journaling, Ferries on the River Tay and The Art of Crookmaking
Mark visits Greenhead Moss Community Nature Park in Wishaw. The 100-hectare site contains many different habitats including ponds, wildflower meadows and woodlands. He takes a tour with countryside ranger Derek. Deveron Wildland is a newly
A 1960's Archive Special featuring Snowy Owls on Fetlar, Thatching in Aberdeenshire and a Tree Loving Tramp in the Highlands
Helen Needham digs into the BBC Archive to share some audio gems from the past
Inside The Scott Monument, Midnight Swimming and Nordic Walking
Mark visits Glasgow’s Queen’s Park Glasshouse which was threatened with closure earlier this summer. He speaks to some of those involved in the campaign to secure its future which seems to have been successful. Rachel tries her hand at Nord
In The Company of Sheep
Mark Stephen meets naturalist and author Polly Pullar in the sheep shed of her farm in Perthshire. Polly's latest book In The Company of Sheep describes her fascination with them
Living Our Best Iron Age Life on the Banks of Loch Tay
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with a special programme from the Scottish Crannog Centre
Rowing to Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve with the Catterline Coastal Rowing Club
Helen Needham visits the spectacular seabird colony on a skiff
Island Life, Fringe by the Sea and the Strichen Staggers
A few weeks ago, Mark went along to a conference at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen. Under the banner of Living Labs, the institute brought together folk living in rural or island communities, and Mark chatted to Phyl Meyer from Tire
Exploring the history and wildlife of the Island of Lismore
Mark Stephen takes a Land Rover tour of the Inner Hebridean island of Lismore to explore its history, wildlife and nature
A Lavender Farm in Fife, Cairngorm Wildfires and a Sealife Safari
In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast Mark meets author Cal Flyn, whose latest book is called The Savage Landscape – How we Made the Wilderness. We hear an excerpt of Cal explaining where her interest in exploring the meaning of wilderne
