Scotland Outdoors

Practical guide to outdoor activities and life in Scotland AI summary

BBC Radio Scotland Visit website › Science · EN · 818 episodes · latest 2026-11-11

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A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

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Managing Scotland's Deer with Mike Daniels

2026-11-11 · 28 min

Mark Stephen hears from Mike Daniels author of 'Locked Antlers'
Stargazing Birds, Doric Words for Nature and a Mountaineering Photographer

2026-11-07 · 1 hr 23 min

Mark visits Mar Lodge on Deeside to take a look at work that has been done on the river bank to restore the natural floodplain.Rachel is in Fife at Reediehill Deer Farm, where owners John and Nichola Fletcher have…
Honouring Winter with Rosie Steer

2026-11-04 · 30 min

Helen Needham speaks with Rosie Steer about her book 'Gloaming'
A Highland Halloween, a Seal Safari and a Clock Tower in Moray

2026-10-31 · 1 hr 24 min

In this week’s Scotland’s Outdoors podcast Mark meets loch bagger Claire Young. Claire came up with the idea of loch bagging after vertigo put a halt to her Munro bagging. We hear an excerpt where Mark chats to her…
Loch Bagging with Claire Young

2026-10-28 · 27 min

Mark Stephen learns about the pursuit of Loch Bagging with its inventor, Clare Young
A Lawn full of Fungi, a Stag called Rufus and Extreme Timbersports

2026-10-24 · 1 hr 23 min

Mark is in Aberdeen where hair from a grey squirrel has been in found in feeder boxes. That might not sound very unusual, but the city was close to eradicating the non-native species which spread disease which kills the…
Stobs Military Camp, Hawick

2026-10-21 · 30 min

Mark Stephen visits Stobs Military Camp near Hawick to discover the importance of this site from a training camp in the early 1900s to a resettlement camp after the second world war. Andrew Jepson of Archaeology…
The World's Quietest Festival, Ardestie Earth House and Arbroath Signal Tower Museum

2026-10-17 · 1 hr 24 min

The Arbroath Signal Tower Museum is set to benefit from more than £300,000 of funding to develop its outdoor space. Mark went for a visit to hear about their plans to transform the garden into an accessible,…
The Man with the Horse, Poet and Storyteller, Tony Bonning

2026-10-14 · 34 min

Rachel Stewart meets poet and story teller, Tony Bonning. Tony, known as the Man with the Horse, undertakes treks across the country with his horse Chief to collect folklore and tales along the way
Pears, Corncrakes and Cow Calling

2026-10-10 · 1 hr 23 min

It’s the time of year when we celebrate leaves as Autumn unfolds. Mark meets up with leaf expert Professor Jonathan Silvertown who’s written a book about them called Nature’s Magicians. Did you know that way back when…

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Owner: BBC
Oldest episode in feed: 04/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 55 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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