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Your free, weekly, pocket guide to the Scottish outdoors. A flavour of the countryside in 15 minutes! From BBC Radio Scotland
Mark heads to the New Pitsligo area of Aberdeenshire with Hywel Maggs from RSPB Scotland, on the trail of cranes. For a bird that can reach...
Marian discusses her toilet project for girls with Helen Needham
Stephen Rutt is a writer and naturalist based in Dumfries and Galloway and his latest book, The Waterlands, follows a raindrop as it falls t...
Mark Stephen chats to writer Stephen Rutt about his new book 'The Waterlands'
We hear more from Mark’s time with forager Mark Williams. They met up at Wigtown Bay on a rather wet and blustery day and headed along the c...
Rachel Stewart hears from an experienced mountaineer who had to call for help on Ben More
Dr Shane Strachan has written a poem which encourages people to explore a new poetry and artwork trail along the 53-mile Formartine and Buch...
Mark Stephen hears about the play Three Words for Forest which explores the challenges, hopes and fears of those working in the forestry ind...
Mark is in Gatehouse of Fleet with Mark Williams who has a new book out called The Coastal Forager. The pair chat about identifying coastal...
Rachel Stewart meets Arlene Stuart, one of the presenters of Landward, Scotland's Farming and Countryside TV programme which celebrates five...
Calum Maclean meets Kerry MacPhee and Beth Legg of Bike Trossachs at the Gravelfoyle event in Aberfoyle, where the gravel bike racing season...
Mark Stephen meets Harry Fleming, owner of a cold war bunker on the Aberdeenshire coast. He hears the story of the bunker from the 1950s to...
Mark recently visited the Solway Firth to find out more about some invasive species. Nic Coombey from the Solway Firth Partnership at Brigho...
Mark Stephen speaks to Kate Britton about the race to preserve a 2000 year old footprint.
Mark meets Gordon Whiteford at his farm in Buckie and finds out why white eggs are making a comeback. Bere barley is an ancient crop once gr...
Helen Needham hears from artist Ilana Halperin in Newlands Park in Glasgow
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Mark meets Christopher Valentine-Allan who is growing mushrooms for the restaurant market in a repurposed nuclear bunker in Edinburgh. Rache...
Mark meets Christopher Valentine-Allan who is growing mushrooms for the restaurant market in a repurposed nuclear bunker in Edinburgh. Rache...
Mark Stephen meets Amy Buckley and her Raven called Fable
The impact of cruise ship light pollution on bird species is the focus of research presented at Scotland’s Nature Student Conference at Stir...
Rachel Stewart talks to poet Anne Wiseman about Crovie's past and its fragile future.
Cyclist Mark Wedgwood has completed some enormous challenges, including a journey from America to Scotland. Rachel meets him in Aberdeenshir...
Mark Stephen meets cyclist and content creator Somhairle Johnston to discuss his new series on BBC Alba 'Somhairle Spins' in which he undert...
The iconic ash tree on Glasgow’s Argyle street won UK Tree of the Year last year and is now nominated for European Tree of the Year. Mark lo...
Rachel Stewart meets storyteller Sarah Hobbs to hear how women have shaped the landscape.
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Mark Stephen visits the Murmurs of Spring art exhibition at the Scottish Ornithologists Club in East Lothian
The swift population has seen a significant decline in recent years. Now, Scotland has become the first country in the UK to introduce a leg...
Mark Stephen meets master wood carver David Robinson at his studio in East Lothian. David's works mainly feature nature and wildlife
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Mark Stephen speaks to Professor Will Cresswell about the welcome rise in corn buntings.
Rachel meets Director Robbie Synge to learn about a new film featuring young people at work and play in the landscapes of the Cairngorms. ‘T...
Mark Stephen meets the countryside rangers and volunteers keeping a large area of land on the outskirts of Aberdeen free of gorse
This week we’re live from Cairngorm Mountain and joined by a myriad of guests connected by the adventures of the slopes. Snowboarder, mounta...
Helen Needham meets interdisciplinary plant resercher Em Merrin May Armstrong in Glasgow
Some people have found themselves unable to get out and about due to heavy snowfall this week. Rachel meets Cameron Black based in Inverurie...
Mark Stephen goes out sketching old trees at Haddo with artist Tansy Lee Moir
he Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking in the UK around 3rd and 4th January. Elizabeth Tindall shares her experience of observing fireb...
Phil Sime and Morven Livingstone go wild foraging in the Highlands with outdoor survival instructor Zeki Basan. Along the way, Zeki introduc...
Mark and Rachel celebrate 60 Years of the Mountain Bothy Association with a trip to Ryvoan Bothy to get a sense of the very lively bothy cul...
Helen Needham discusses hearing loss and his search for bird song with writer Neil Ansell
Farmer Simon Johnson offers tours and experiences with alpacas. Rachel heads to Bowbridge Alpacas in Fife and begins by taking a look at som...
Mark Stephen goes out in search of snow with Mark Diggins of SAIS
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has just acquired a piece of land which will double the size of one of its wildlife reserves. Rachel joins Reser...
Phil Sime and Morven Livingstone meet up with Jonathan Caddy at the Findhorn Foundation.
In the summer, Mark met Euan Tomes, Assistant Woodlands Manager at Moray Estates, in the aftermath of a wildfire that spread through Dava Mo...
Mark and Rachel speak to delegates at the Scottish Outdoor Access Network conference.
The Spirit of Adventure Festival is hosted this weekend by Paralympic champion Karen Darke and features Claire Alldritt, who embarked on a 1...
Mark Stephen meets Scottish based winter climber Guy Robertson. Guy's latest book, The Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland, co-produced with phot...