BBC Radio Scotland

Scotland Outdoors

Science EN ↓ 783 episodes

A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

Author

BBC Radio Scotland

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Cairngorm Climate, Glasgow Central Station and Snorkelling 14.03.2020

Helen Needham and Mark Stephen with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Mark and Euan visit the mysterious Goblin Ha', Almondell country park and hear about the not so melodic corncrake 07.03.2020

The mysterious Goblin Ha', Almondell country park and the not so melodic corncrake

What's the future of farming? Mark attends the New Entrants to Farming Gathering to find out why it's still an attractive job 04.03.2020

What's the future of farming? Mark visits the new entrants to farming annual gathering

Ben Dolphin, Eriskay Ponies, Owls and Leap Day 29.02.2020

Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Mark and Euan meet a reluctant alpaca, take a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the underground life of a mole 22.02.2020

A reluctant alpaca, a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the life of a mole

Mark and Euan meet Heather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland to find out about her lifelong career in the outdoors 19.02.2020

Heather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland on her lifelong career in the outdoors

Mark and Euan discover the skill of stone masonry, explore the future of ski-ing in the Cairngorms and the beauty of paths 15.02.2020

The skill of stone masonry, ski-ing in the Cairngorm and the beauty and benefits of paths

Walking, squirrels and stone 08.02.2020

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this week's Scotland Outdoors.

Mark takes a spin on an electric bike, Helen discovers mud, glorious mud and the history of The Aberdeenshire Canal 01.02.2020

Electric bikes, mud, glorious mud, canals and wetlands

Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to his farm near Dumfries and his favourite inn 25.01.2020

Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to the Dumfries area

How to get around the country without a car. Mark and Euan find out with the help of listener suggestions 22.01.2020

How easy is it to get around without a car. Mark and Euan find out with listener help

A flexitarian approach to our diet, bluebells of any sort and a super speedy fish 18.01.2020

A super speedy fish capable of over 40 mph, bluebells of any kind and flexitarian diets

A Plant Themed Podcast 11.01.2020

Mark and Euan with a podcast looking at trees, berries and much more.

Nature is Good For You - a blast of fresh air for the New Year and why we should all spend more time outdoors. 04.01.2020

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a special New Year podcast.

Wood ants, the fish with the cucumber smell, tailless cats, a disobedient falcon and field full of whooper swans 28.12.2019

Mark and Euan look back at some of their animal encounters over the past year

Mark and Euan are joined by storyteller Pauline Cordiner, Euan boards a Santa steam train and Mark visits a Christmas grotto 21.12.2019

Story teller Pauline Cordiner joins Mark and Euan for some festive tales around the fire

100 Years of Forestry in Scotland 14.12.2019

Mark and Euan with a look back at a centenary of forestry in Scotland.

Euan meets up with Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and finds out about insects as foodstuffs 07.12.2019

Euan meets Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and pasta made from crickets

Wanderings, Wild Gardens and Lapwings 30.11.2019

Mark goes for a wander, Helen plants a wild garden and Euan looks for lapwings.

Geese at Daybreak 27.11.2019

Mark and Euan spend the morning at Caerlaverock wetland centre with author Steven Rutt.

The Joys of Winter 23.11.2019

Mark and Euan with a podcast all about winter.

Mark and Euan explore the art of hedgelaying, meet a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country 16.11.2019

The art of hedgelaying, a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country

Albino squirrel, update on Cairngorm Mountain and Forest Floor. 09.11.2019

With Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.

Mark and Euan explore the sand dunes of West Sands in St Andrews, a field full of whooper swans and a community fridge 02.11.2019

The sand dunes of West Sands, St Andrews, a field full of swans and a community fridge

Cultybraggan Camp Development 26.10.2019

Mark and Euan explore the former PoW camp at Cultybraggan which is now community owned.

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