By BBC Radio Scotland
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Helen Needham speaks with writer Louise Kenward about the anthology 'Moving Mountains'
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Mark Stephen meets Christian Stolte of the Wee Scottish Cider Company
Rachel is on Deeside where a rare and elusive ant which hadn’t been spotted in the area for over 70 years has been rediscovered in large numbers. She hears from the man who found it. And Rachel also chats to...
Mark Stephen visits the family hut of Peter and Graham MacQueen in Argyll
Earlier this week Mark went along to Agriscot, a farm business event held at Ingliston just outside Edinburgh. He spoke to Bob Carruth from NFU Scotland about who attends and what the topics were up for debate. Green woodworking involves...
Helen Needham visits James Reid of Tap O' Noth Farm to hear about his approach to farming
Rachel tries her hand at angling with the Dee Damsels. The group was set up by Tara Spiers to support women who were keen to learn more about fly fishing. Mark returns to the Greenmyres Eco Bothy run by the...
Rachel Stewart meets some of those trying to encourage more women to take up angling on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire.
On this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast Mark finds out about a project called Light is a Right – How to Winter Well. Glasgow University researchers have been looking into different things that might help us cope with the long, dark...
Mark Stephen finds out how to winter well over the next few months. He meets a group of academics from Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities looking into the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder and discovers what can be done to improve...
Mark visits Deeside Willow to hear all about how to grow this versatile plant and its many uses. He also tries his hand at some willow sculpting. The Future Forest Company has transformed a former sheep farm in Ayrshire with...
Mark hears about how Atlantic salmon will soon be able to access parts of the River Dee for the first time in a century following the removal of Garlogie Dam. Linda visits the Clyde Valley to hear about how a...
Rachel Stewart presents Scotland Outdoors
Helen visits a mobile laboratory in St Andrews as it travels around various European coastlines to explore coastal habitats and collect samples from the soil, water and air to assess things like pollution. Mark chats to John Fletcher, the first...
Helen Needham meets Graeme Warren and others during a dig in Glen Dee
Out of Doors celebrates 100 years of BBC Aberdeen. This week we have a special programme looking back at what life was like in rural communities in 1923, how people enjoyed the outdoors and the early forms of conservation. We’re...
Mark Stephen chats with deer farmer and author John Fletcher on his farm in Fife
Throughout the programme we hear from Dr Kevin Frediani, curator of Dundee Botanic Garden. Kevin is very much in favour of letting nature do its own thing and Mark hears how he has managed to put that into practice in...
Helen heads to Inchgarth Reservoir on the outskirts of Aberdeen to meet Ian Broadbent, Local Bird Reporter for the North East, who tells her why recent bad weather in the USA has meant some new arrivals on our shores. He...
Mark Stephen chats with Planner and Mountaineer Bob Reid
Nurdles 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...
Maud Start meets the Peterson Family onboard the Christiania, their retired rescue ship.
Founded 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...
Rachel looks for dolphins at Spey Bay with Alison Rose from the Scottish Dolphin Centre and hears about their Shorewatch programme. In this week’s Scotland Outdoors podcast, Mark explores Dr Neil’s Garden in Duddingston in Edinburgh. We hear from head...
Mark Stephen presents Scotland Outdoors
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors.
Rachel Stewart meets Stephen Corcoran of the British Dragonfly Society at Insh Marshes
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
Helen Needham climbs Schiehallion with Soil Scientist Andrea Britton
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with an audience at the Edinburgh Festival
Rachel Stewart hears from women in the Tayside Mountain Rescue Team
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart bring stories from the Tall Ships Race in Lerwick
Maud Start presents Scotland Outdoors
Helen Needham discusses the Cairngorms and Nan Shepherd with writer Merryn Glover
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart bring you stories from the annual Royal Highland Show.
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great Scottish outdoors.