A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Latest episodes
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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 speci…
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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 wa…
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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…
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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 ta…
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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 Magic…
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The Hidden Powers of Leaves
Mark Stephen meets Professor Jonathan Silvertown whose book Nature Magicians is all about leaves and why they matter
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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 w…
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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.
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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 accompanie…
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The History of Portsoy Marble
Rachel Stewart finds out about a major heritage project linked to the distinctive stone.
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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 com…
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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
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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,…
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Capturing the Wild with Photographer Karen Miller
Mark Stephen talks to former colleague Karen Miller about swapping her desk for wildlife.
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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…
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The Book of Birds with Jackie Morris
Helen Needham discusses The Book of Birds with illustrator and artist Jackie Morris
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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 B…
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60 Years of the Tay Road Bridge
Mark Stephen climbs inside the Tay Road Bridge to mark its 60th Birthday
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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…
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A 1960's Archive Special featuring Snowy Owls on Fetlar, Thatching in Aberdeenshire and a Tree Loving Tramp in…
Helen Needham digs into the BBC Archive to share some audio gems from the past