Scotland Outdoors
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 520:32:33
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Synopsis
Your free, weekly, pocket guide to the Scottish outdoors. A flavour of the countryside in 15 minutes! From BBC Radio Scotland
Episodes
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Land Yachting, Edinburgh Common Riding and the Big River Watch
23/09/2023 Duration: 01h22minNurdles are tiny plastic pellets which are used to make many everyday items. However, tonnes of them end up being washed up on our beaches posing a threat to wildlife. Rachel finds out about the Great Nurdle Hunt, a campaign to highlight the issues microplastics cause. Mark visits Pitmedden Garden in Aberdeenshire and has a nosey around their orchards as they gear up to celebrate Apple Day this weekend. Avian Flu has caused the deaths of thousands of seabirds along our coastline. Last summer there was significant concern over the future of the world’s largest colony of northern gannets on the Bass Rock. Rachel visits the Scottish Seabird Centre which looks out at the Bass Rock, to find out what the picture is now. Rachel meets two sisters involved in a project which finally hopes to shed new light on Equine grass sickness and what causes it. To tie in with World Rivers Day, The Rivers Trust is asking the public to record observations of rivers in the first Big River Watch. We chat live to James Hunt from
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Three Generations and a Sunken Ship
20/09/2023 Duration: 16minMaud Start meets the Peterson Family onboard the Christiania, their retired rescue ship.
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Geese Sculpture, a Modern Stone Circle and Crossing the Cuillin Mountains
16/09/2023 Duration: 01h23minFounded by Jordan Grant after he was inspired as a teenager to turn his life around, Glasgow Garden Maintenance is now offering an apprenticeship scheme for aspiring tree surgeons. Mark meets Jordan and a former apprentice to hear about how the business has gone from strength to strength supporting young people into new careers along the way. Rachel visits the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther and takes a look at one of their exhibitions- The Long Haul: a generational study of fishing in the East Neuk. We hear an excerpt from Helen Needham’s upcoming Radio 4 programme, Crossing the Cuillin Mountains. In this two part series, the writer and mountaineer Robert Macfarlane attempts to complete the Cuillin Ridge. The expedition marks twenty years since his first book 'Mountains of the Mind'. Naturalist and environmental educator Dan Puplett has seen a big increase in the number of people keen to learn more about mammal tracks. Rachel heads out with him to see what she can identify through footprints
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Auchtermuchty Common, Holyrood Bees and a Micro Flour Mill
09/09/2023 Duration: 01h20minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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Dr Neil's Garden at Duddingston, Edinburgh
06/09/2023 Duration: 18minMark Stephen presents Scotland Outdoors
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Jock Tamson's Gairden, Shetland Ponies, Beachcombing and a Doocot
02/09/2023 Duration: 01h23minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors.
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In Search of the Northern Damselfly
30/08/2023 Duration: 26minRachel Stewart meets Stephen Corcoran of the British Dragonfly Society at Insh Marshes
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Model Railways, Mini Submarines and Bamboo Bikes
26/08/2023 Duration: 01h23minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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Sampling the Soils of Schiehallion
23/08/2023 Duration: 43minHelen Needham climbs Schiehallion with Soil Scientist Andrea Britton
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Scything, Bee Therapy and Wilbur The Weasel
19/08/2023 Duration: 01h21minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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An Edinburgh Festival Special with Mark Beaumont, Anna Fleming, Iain Cameron and Judith Lamb
12/08/2023 Duration: 01h11minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with an audience at the Edinburgh Festival
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Jellyfish, The Great Yellow Bumblebee and a Bioblitz Walk
05/08/2023 Duration: 01h23minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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Women in Mountain Rescue
02/08/2023 Duration: 29minRachel Stewart hears from women in the Tayside Mountain Rescue Team
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A Tall Ships Race Special from Shetland
29/07/2023 Duration: 01h23minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart bring stories from the Tall Ships Race in Lerwick
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Sir John Lister-Kaye, Founder of Aigas Field Centre
26/07/2023 Duration: 28minMark Stephen presents Scotland Outdoors
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A Secret Nuclear Bunker, a Restored Bandstand and the Smallest Harbour in the Country
22/07/2023 Duration: 01h18minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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River Tweed from Source to Sea (Part 1)
15/07/2023 Duration: 01h25minMark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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