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Scotland Outdoors

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT RAHOY HILLS RESERVE

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/06/12

Rachel Stewart speaks to Artist in Residence Liz Myhill. The landscape and wildlife artist has been creating pieces based on her time at the Rahoy Hills Reserve in the Morven peninsula. It is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and is widely regarded as being a unique and wild place. Her role is to raise awareness of the huge reserve and encourage people to visit and explore. She has spent several weeks on location, experiencing the different seasons and hopes her artwork will reflect the rich

83:40

Aspen, Osprey and Mulberry Harbours

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/06/08

Rachel meets Peter Livingstone who has spent a decade campaigning to save the Aspen tree. Thanks to his hard work, numbers of Aspen in Renfrewshire have grown from single digits to thousands. He shows Rachel his nursery near Bishopton.Andrew O'Donnell is a natural history film maker and musician who records under the moniker of Beluga Lagoon. In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast, Maud Start meets up with Andrew on a river bank. We hear an excerpt where they watch dippers and talk about the

17:39

Natural History Film Maker and Musician, Andrew...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/06/05

Andrew O'Donnell is a natural history film maker but he's also a musician who records under the moniker of Beluga Lagoon. Maud Starts meets up Andrew on a river bank where they watch dippers and talk about his latest album

86:22

Majorca and Skye, Singles Walks and Rahoy Nature Reserve

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/06/01

Rachel visits the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Montrose Basin reserve in Angus where a group of nursery children were out exploring the mudflats to see what beasties they could find. She speaks to nursery and reserve staff about the importance of getting young kids involved in nature.Isle Martin is a small island just three miles off the coast of Ullapool. It’s had many uses over the years including a herring station, a flour mill and a bird reserve. It’s now in community ownership and recently Mark

19:03

Isle Martin - one of the Summer Isles of Wester Ross

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/29

Mark Stephen visits Isle Martin which forms part of the Summer Isles lying north of Ullapool in Wester Ross. The island is owned by a community trust and one of it's directors, Lesley Strachan shows Mark round the island

83:25

Flax, Dandelions and Bike Buses

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/25

Rachel visits Fairhill Rise, an education centre in East Lothian which is part of the Ruskin Mill Trust. The centre provides outdoor learning and activities for those with autism and additional needs. Rachel meets the manager and hears about their work.Ahead of World Otter Day this coming Wednesday, Mark visits International Otter Survival Fund in Broadford on Skye to hear about the work they carry out across the world and meet some of the otters they have in their care.Over the past couple of weeks

19:06

Chippendale International School of Furniture in East...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/22

Mark Stephen visits the Chippendale International School of Furniture near Haddington in East Lothian. He meets the principal and students from home and abroad taking part in the courses run by the school

84:11

Movement for Mental Health, Therapeutic Gardening and...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/18

In our latest Scotland Outdoors podcast Helen Needham meets regenerative farmer Nikki Yoxall in the hills of Aberdeenshire. Nikki’s cattle are outside all year round, moving from field to field as part of a system called mob grazing. She tells Helen about the benefits it has for the cattle and the land.In the last few years, there’s been an explosion in the number of community run gardens across the country. These bring huge positives to those who look after and visit them. However, new research

26:36

Mob Grazing Cattle in the Hills of Aberdeenshire with...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/16

Helen Needham visits Nikki Yoxall and her herd of pasture fed cattle in Aberdeenshire

85:04

The River Tweed - Kelso to Berwick Upon Tweed

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/11

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart follow the river Tweed from Kelso to Berwick Upon Tweed.In Kelso, they visit Floor Castle and Gardens in the company of Matt Thomson and Simon McManus. Jonathan Garrett shows Mark round the town's racecourseIn Coldstream, John Elliot of the local historical society tells the story of one of the earliest bridges built across the Tweed into England, Mark delves into the history of the Coldstream Guards and Rachel hears about a marriage house with a past to rival Gretna

20:16

Connecting Poetry, Photography and Regenerative...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/08

Helen Needham learns about the We Feed the UK project

83:56

Dawn Chorus, Dipping Luggers and Moray Marsupials

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/04

On Thursday this week campaigners gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to protest the proposed plans for a new powerline between Kintore and Tealing. SSEN Transmission says the upgrade is needed to meet net zero targets, while protestors say they haven’t been properly consulted and the scheme will blight the countryside. Mark went along to speak to Thomas Nicoll from SSEN Transmission and some of the protestors from Angus Action Against Pylons and Save Our Mearns.TV Nature series Wild Isles was

27:26

WILD ISLES - A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE MAKING...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/05/01

Producer Alastair Fothergill has spent decades making nature documentaries around the world, often working closely with Sir David Attenborough. His work includes Blue Planet and Planet Earth. In this podcast, Alastair discusses why he felt the time was right to make a series concentrating on the nature and wildlife that can be found in the British Isles. He talks about the challenges of securing the footage in some remote locations in Scotland as well as his highlights from the series which took

84:04

Spring in Montrose, Edinburgh's Grisly Past and Pine...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/27

Back in 2020, some of farmer Steve Barron’s cattle fell ill and died. Initially he had no idea what had caused their sudden deaths until lead poisoning was found to be the reason. He tells Mark about what happened and the impact it had on him.Steve’s cattle died so had no chance of entering the food chain, but Food Standards Scotland take incidents of livestock poisoning very seriously. They are raising awareness of the risks that farmers face as we hear from their head of incidents, Stuart

32:12

From the Hills of Assynt to the Karakorum Mountains...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/24

Helen Needham hears from musician and composer Anne Wood

84:00

Dreich Spring, Brose and Kayak Fishing

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/20

American Mink are an invasive non-native species which have become widespread in parts of Scotland after their release from fur farms. Rachel meets Karen Muller from the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative on the River Spey to hear why it’s important to catch the mink. They also scope out a potential site to set a mink trap.In his day job, George Sherriffs is an acquisitions librarian with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. But in the coming week, George is going to be running an incredible 356

39:08

Walking the Old Lumphanan Road with the Late Stanley...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/17

Stanley Robertson was from the Travelling People and in the 1980's he published a book called 'Exodus to Alford' featuring stories associated with a particular road his people used to take each Summer when he was a boy. Former BBC Producer Doreen Wood went there with Stanley in 1988 and recorded an interview with him describing his memories of this special place. In this podcast, Mark Stephen and Helen Needham go in search of the Old Lumphanan Road with the archive of Stanley in their ears,

81:43

Plants with Purpose, Pitlochry Paths and a...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/13

Linda is in Pitlochry where a group of volunteers meet once a fortnight to help maintain the area’s much loved and well used path network. She hears why the group were founded and about the different kinds of work they carry out.Mark is in Dunbar Harbour, marvelling at the kittiwakes and exploring a site that was once home to a fish hatchery.And not far along the coast in North Berwick, Rachel meets artist and campaigner Julie Barnes, who created what is believed to be the largest mural in the UK

84:54

Rain, Lambing, Badgers and more Rain

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/06

In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast, Mark chats with Landward’s Cammy Wilson about his sheep-farming career. We hear an excerpt where Cammy is telling Mark the story of Fiona, the 'world’s loneliest sheep'.Killiechassie Burial Ground near Aberfeldy holds just six graves, five of which are covered over with recumbent flat slabs. For years, it was allowed to become neglected but in the 1990s, the Breadalbane Heritage Society started to take an interest and discovered that it not only dates back

20:16

Ayrshire Farmer Cammy Wilson shares his Passion for...

Scotland Outdoors ·

2024/04/03

Mark Stephen visits Youtuber and TV presenter Cammy Wilson on his farm in Ayrshire

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