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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![Walking, squirrels and stone]()
Walking, squirrels and stone
08/02/2020 Duration: 50minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this week's Scotland Outdoors.
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![Mark takes a spin on an electric bike, Helen discovers mud, glorious mud and the history of The Aberdeenshire Canal]()
Mark takes a spin on an electric bike, Helen discovers mud, glorious mud and the history of The Aberdeenshire Canal
01/02/2020 Duration: 01h03minElectric bikes, mud, glorious mud, canals and wetlands
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![Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to his farm near Dumfries and his favourite inn]()
Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to his farm near Dumfries and his favourite inn
25/01/2020 Duration: 52minMark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to the Dumfries area
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![How to get around the country without a car. Mark and Euan find out with the help of listener suggestions]()
How to get around the country without a car. Mark and Euan find out with the help of listener suggestions
22/01/2020 Duration: 12minHow easy is it to get around without a car. Mark and Euan find out with listener help
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![A flexitarian approach to our diet, bluebells of any sort and a super speedy fish]()
A flexitarian approach to our diet, bluebells of any sort and a super speedy fish
18/01/2020 Duration: 38minA super speedy fish capable of over 40 mph, bluebells of any kind and flexitarian diets
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![A Plant Themed Podcast]()
A Plant Themed Podcast
11/01/2020 Duration: 01h01minMark and Euan with a podcast looking at trees, berries and much more.
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![Nature is Good For You - a blast of fresh air for the New Year and why we should all spend more time outdoors.]()
Nature is Good For You - a blast of fresh air for the New Year and why we should all spend more time outdoors.
04/01/2020 Duration: 01h25minMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a special New Year podcast.
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![Wood ants, the fish with the cucumber smell, tailless cats, a disobedient falcon and field full of whooper swans]()
Wood ants, the fish with the cucumber smell, tailless cats, a disobedient falcon and field full of whooper swans
28/12/2019 Duration: 52minMark and Euan look back at some of their animal encounters over the past year
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![Mark and Euan are joined by storyteller Pauline Cordiner, Euan boards a Santa steam train and Mark visits a Christmas grotto]()
Mark and Euan are joined by storyteller Pauline Cordiner, Euan boards a Santa steam train and Mark visits a Christmas grotto
21/12/2019 Duration: 55minStory teller Pauline Cordiner joins Mark and Euan for some festive tales around the fire
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![100 Years of Forestry in Scotland]()
100 Years of Forestry in Scotland
14/12/2019 Duration: 54minMark and Euan with a look back at a centenary of forestry in Scotland.
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![Euan meets up with Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and finds out about insects as foodstuffs]()
Euan meets up with Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and finds out about insects as foodstuffs
07/12/2019 Duration: 38minEuan meets Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and pasta made from crickets
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![Wanderings, Wild Gardens and Lapwings]()
Wanderings, Wild Gardens and Lapwings
30/11/2019 Duration: 46minMark goes for a wander, Helen plants a wild garden and Euan looks for lapwings.
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![Geese at Daybreak]()
Geese at Daybreak
27/11/2019 Duration: 29minMark and Euan spend the morning at Caerlaverock wetland centre with author Steven Rutt.
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![The Joys of Winter]()
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![Mark and Euan explore the art of hedgelaying, meet a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country]()
Mark and Euan explore the art of hedgelaying, meet a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country
16/11/2019 Duration: 01h13minThe art of hedgelaying, a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country
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![Albino squirrel, update on Cairngorm Mountain and Forest Floor.]()
Albino squirrel, update on Cairngorm Mountain and Forest Floor.
09/11/2019 Duration: 41minWith Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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![Mark and Euan explore the sand dunes of West Sands in St Andrews, a field full of whooper swans and a community fridge]()
Mark and Euan explore the sand dunes of West Sands in St Andrews, a field full of whooper swans and a community fridge
02/11/2019 Duration: 58minThe sand dunes of West Sands, St Andrews, a field full of swans and a community fridge
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![Cultybraggan Camp Development]()
Cultybraggan Camp Development
26/10/2019 Duration: 59minMark and Euan explore the former PoW camp at Cultybraggan which is now community owned.
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![Alongside Autumn – A Composer’s Walk]()
Alongside Autumn – A Composer’s Walk
23/10/2019 Duration: 21minHelen Needham catches up with composer Matilda Brown as she walks the length of Scotland.
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![Euan and Helen explore the sounds of nature, a low carbon future and spiders galore]()
Euan and Helen explore the sounds of nature, a low carbon future and spiders galore
19/10/2019 Duration: 50minThe sounds of nature, a low carbon future and spiders galore
