Scotland Outdoors
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 698
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Paper Boats, Shakespeare in Scotland and The Huntly Toads
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 …
River Dee Damsels
Rachel Stewart meets some of those trying to encourage more women to take up angling on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire.
A Munro Triathlon, a Year in a Kayak and a Wobbly Cyclist
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…
How to Winter Well
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 d…
Willow, Pigs and the Future of Farming
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 she…
Clyde Valley Orchards, Pumpkins and the Paddle Steamer, The Waverley
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 abo…
Cairngorms Connect Deer Project
Rachel Stewart presents Scotland Outdoors
A 12th Century Flour Mill, Forfar Loch Skiffs and Hunter Gatherer Archaeology
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 poll…
An Adventure in Archaeology in the Cairngorms Unearthing 10,000 Years of Human Activity in the Mountains
Helen Needham meets Graeme Warren and others during a dig in Glen Dee
100 Years of BBC Aberdeen
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…
A Life with Deer, Rewilding and Donating a Kidney with John Fletcher
Mark Stephen chats with deer farmer and author John Fletcher on his farm in Fife
The Humble Tattie, Dundee Botanic Garden and the Ness of Brodgar
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 tha…
The Ness of Brodgar Archaeological Site in Orkney
Rachel Stewart presents Scotland Outdoors
Books, Birds and Underwater Bugs
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 arriv…
Bob Reid on WH Murray and National Scenic Areas
Mark Stephen chats with Planner and Mountaineer Bob Reid
Land Yachting, Edinburgh Common Riding and the Big River Watch
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 Grea…
Three Generations and a Sunken Ship
Maud Start meets the Peterson Family onboard the Christiania, their retired rescue ship.
Geese Sculpture, a Modern Stone Circle and Crossing the Cuillin Mountains
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…
Auchtermuchty Common, Holyrood Bees and a Micro Flour Mill
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 Ga…
Dr Neil's Garden at Duddingston, Edinburgh
Mark Stephen presents Scotland Outdoors