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
Brochs, Earth Hound and a Sound Walk at Forvie.
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors.
Mark Stephen meets palaeontologist and geologist Dr Katie Strang for a fossil hunt on the Fife coast
Mark Stephen goes fossil hunting with palaeontologist and geologist Dr Katie Strang
For mental health awareness week, Mark and Euan explore the benefits of outdoor life on our mental health
How the power of the great outdoors can boost our mental health
In Search of the Source of the River Dee
Helen Needham follows in author Nan Shepherd's footsteps to the Wells of Dee.
Mar Lodge - 200 Years for Regeneration with Ecologist Andrew Painting
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith visit the Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairngorms.
The Dawn Chorus from North East Scotland
Euan takes us through the dawn chorus and tells us about the different birds we can hear
North East Birds, Dawn Chorus, Beltane and Loch Tay
Mark and Euan with birdsong from across Scotland and we also celebrate Beltane.
Following the Manx Shearwater from Scotland to the South Atlantic with Roger Morgan-Grenville
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith chat to Roger about the remarkable life of the Manxie.
Seaside Nostalgia, Climate Tales and Percy Toplis
With Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
Our Man in Orkney, Dave Gray
Mark and Euan chat to former Radio Orkney colleague Dave Gray about radio and island life
An 18th century astronomer from North East Scotland, lambing in Lanarkshire and mystery birds galore
Lambing in Lanarkshire, mystery birds galore and the mythical tale of the The Brooby
April 16 2021 is the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. Mark Stephen visits the site of the bloody battle
The Battle of Culloden took place 275 years ago. Mark Stephen visits the battle site
Moss, Steam Engines and a Hydrogen Bus
Mark and Euan with stories from across Scotland.
Plants for the Planet: Sandy Knapp of the Natural History Museum in London shares her top five plants to help the planet
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham chat with botanist, Dr Sandy Knapp.
Mark sets off on the Aberdeen coastal trail, Euan duets with a blackbird, some timely garden advice and there's camels
The Aberdeen coastal trail, Euan duets with a blackbird and one woman and her camels
Scottish Adventurer Alice Morrison shares tales of exploring Africa, including crossing the Sahara Desert.
Alice Morrison chats with Mark Stephen and Helen Needham
Climate Change, Frogs and River Restoration
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
Mark Stephen meets long distance horse trekker Claire Alldrit who takes not one horse on her adventures but two
Claire Alldrit explores the landscape of Scotland accompanied by her two horses
Mark and Euan find out about the vernal equinox, the migratory pattern of geese and a tale from Orkney
The vernal equinox, the migratory pattern of geese and an Orcadian tale
A History of Women Walking with Kerri Andrews - celebrating 6 women who wrote about walking.
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham speak with author, walker and academic, Kerri Andrews.