Scotland Outdoors

Mar 08 2025 644 ep. 55 mins 10.6k
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A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

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Bracklinn Falls, Needle Felting and The Cabrach Distillery

Mar 08 2025 84 mins  
Golf courses are often criticised for their lack of biodiversity, but at The Plock, near Kyle of Lochalsh, a community project is reclaiming the local golf course and giving it back to the wild. Mark met up with the local ranger, Heather Beaton, to find out more about this rewilding initiative.A new award-winning footbridge has been built at Bracklinn Gorge near Callander. Mark vis

Preserving Antarctica's Heritage Buildings with Conservation Carpenter Graham Gillie

Mar 05 2025 21 mins  
Mark Stephen hears from Graham Gillie about his extraordinary working life in Antarctica

Kingfishers, a Gunpowder Mill and a Halifax Bomber Relic

Mar 01 2025 85 mins  
Mark visits the Montrose Air Station Museum to hear about a new addition to their collection, part of a Halifax Bomber, which crashed in the Angus glens in 1944. Shan Brewis tells us the story behind the plane crash, and how the piece of wreckage came to be discovered exactly 80 years after the tragedy.Red Squirrels in Scotland are often under threat, but Rachel finds out about the

Wildlife on the Water of Leith

Feb 26 2025 24 mins  
During the Covid lockdown, Tom Kelly decided to stroll along the Water of Leith Walkway every single day and take photographs of the wildlife in the area. The photographer from Edinburgh has always had a keen interest in nature and he wanted to explore what was living in his own neighbourhood. The result is a huge collection of photographs showcasing what lives on and near the rive

A Soutar's Shop, Jigsaws and Gorillas

Feb 22 2025 82 mins  
Winchburgh in West Lothian is expanding rapidly, with several new housing developments underway. At the heart of these new developments is the 85 acre Authcaldie Park, where Mark visits a group of volunteers who are building a new centre piece for the area – a model cathedral made entirely out of willow.RSPB Loch Leven has recently hosted the Convention of Migratory Species, a UN

The Glasgow Seed Library with Rowan Lear

Feb 19 2025 23 mins  
Helen Needham meets seed librarian Rowan Lear

Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Snowdrops and a Beaver MOT

Feb 15 2025 83 mins  
Auchnerran Farm is run by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust as a demonstration farm to test and trial conservation and land management strategies. Mark visits the farm to hear about their projects and how they manage these alongside a profitable enterprise of sheep farming.It is the 20th anniversary of the opening of Five Sister’s Zoo this year, and the facility has grown

Sunset Song - Exploring The Mearns - Part 2

Feb 12 2025 29 mins  
The 7th February 2025 marks 90 years since the death of Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author of Sunset Song. In 2016, it was voted Scotland's favourite novel. In this archive programme, Mark Stephen explores the area it was set in, the Mearns.

Water of Leith Otters, Salmon Fishing on the River Tweed and a Famous North East Cow

Feb 08 2025 83 mins  
The National Farmers Union of Scotland Conference has been underway this week, and Kevin Keane is there, joined by Professor Colin Campbell from the James Hutton Institute, to hear his advice on how farms can become more resilient in the face of climate change.Muiravonside, Falkirk’s only country park, features several attractions, from a sculpture and poetry trail to the Avon aq

Sunset Song - Exploring the Mearns - Part 1

Feb 05 2025 26 mins  
The 7th February 2025 marks 90 years since the death of Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author of Sunset Song. In 2016, it was voted Scotland's favourite novel. In this archive programme, Mark and Euan explore the area it was set in, the Mearns.