Scotland Outdoors
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 696
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Pirates Graveyard, Peas and a Zulu Fishing Boat
We have another excerpt from the teams Whithorn Way pilgrimage, this time Rachel meets Stuart Wilson and Brian Boyd from the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and hears all about a very surprisin…
The Whithorn Way - Part 3 - Lochwinnoch to Irvine
The Whithorn Way follows an ancient pilgrim route from Glasgow to Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. In this episode, Mark and Rachel visit the Lochwinnoch Community Larder where food waste from supe…
Summer Solstice, Royal Highland Show and Composting
Mark and Helen visit Ingliston for this year’s Royal Highland Show. They meet a nurse with her prize winning Highland cow and They also explore the history of the Highland pony, and its enduring conn…
Wild Scottish Flavour Wheel
The Perthshire scientist hopes the wheel will encourage people to rediscover some of the lost tastes and uses of our wild plants.
Findhorn Water Taxi, Roundabout Gardens and Elie Sand Portraits
Rachel catches up with Nick Ray who previously kayaked around the coast of Scotland, sharing his journey and mental health challenges on social media throughout that year. He’s just completed another…
The Whithorn Way - Part 2 - Paisley to Lochwinnoch
The Whithorn Way follows an ancient pilgrim route from Glasgow to Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. In this episode, Mark and Rachel start with a quick stop off at Renfrew to contemplate the motivat…
Shetland Dandelions, a Moray Firth Whale and a Paisley Drain
A new initiative in Buchan called Sma Wids to encourage farmers and landowners to plant trees, the largest surviving ice house in the UK at Spey Bay, lapwing chick ringing in Upper Deeside, the rare …
Lapwing Ringing on Deeside
Mark Stephen visits Auchnerran, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust farm on Deeside to watch some lapwing chicks being ringed by research assistant Max Wright and data collector Honor Jones
Dendrochronology, Seals and The Salt Path
Dendrochronology is a niche field of study, used to work out the age of trees, forests and wooden objects. However, it is not only useful for looking at the past, but also for considering how to mana…
The Whithorn Way - Part 1 - Glasgow
The Whithorn Way follows an ancient pilgrim route from Glasgow to Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. In this episode, Mark and Rachel focus on the start of the journey at Glasgow Cathedral. Mark and…
A Coast to Coast Backpack Challenge, Beekeeping in Kinross and the Capercaillie of Speyside
Nature-based solutions are a key tool in solving environmental problems such as flooding. Rachel met with Dr Rebecca Wade from Abertay University, who is a big advocate for these solutions, to find o…
Nature-based Solutions and the Changing Climate
Rachel Stewart meets environmental scientist Dr Rebecca Wade from Abertay University.
Willow Weaving, Wild Food and the Isle of Whithon - A Dumfries and Galloway Special
This week, we are coming to you from the village of Whithorn, in Galloway, broadcasting from the replica Iron Age Roundhouse in the village.
Julia Muir Watt from the Whithorn Trust, and Shaun Thomson …
A Wild Food Journey with Mo Wilde
Mo Wilde is a forager, herbalist and author who is also founder of the Wild Biome Project. In this podcast, Helen Needham meets her at Cambo Estate in Fife where they go foraging and discuss the bene…
Vintage Buses, A Chelsea Garden in Glasgow and a Very Lucky Ship
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
Professor Lorna Dawson, Forensic Soil Scientist
Mark Stephen meets head of soil forensics at the James Hutton Institute, Professor Lorna Dawson. Mark meets Lorna at the Institute's research farm, Glensaugh in Aberdeenshire to find out what exact…
Peregrine Falcons in Glasgow, Loch Garten Ospreys and a Spitfire in the Borders
Peregrine falcons have been in residence at the University of Glasgow’s Gilbert Scott Tower for a number of years now, with a new clutch of chicks being born again this year. Rachel met with Clarke E…
Sixty Years of the Scottish Wildlife Trust
Rachel Stewart speaks to Dr Kenny Taylor at the Montrose Basin about 60 years of the SWT
Birch Sap, Sailing and Boggy Marathons
Tennants of Elgin is a family quarrying business that has been operating out of the North East of Scotland for fifty years. They have had numerous impressive contracts across Europe, but have recentl…
The Poetry Path at Corbenic Camphill Community in Perthshire
Mark Stephen visits the poetry path at Corbenic with its founder Jon Plunkett