By BBC Radio Scotland
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
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
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great 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.
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the Scottish Outdoors
Rachel Stewart visits a cycling club for girls in Alford, Aberdeenshire.
Helen Needham goes for a cycle with author Markus Stitz to discuss his new book.