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

From the Our Story series of 2014, Mark visits Aviemore to discover how the area was once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland 05.12.2018

Mark visits the Aviemore once dubbed the St Moritz of Scotland

The Cairngorm Funicular Railway has been placed in administration. Mark and Euan take a look at the story behind the decision. 01.12.2018

Mark and Euan with the history of the Cairngorm Funicular Railway and its future

Sir John Lister Kaye 28.11.2018

Mark and Euan visit naturalist, conservationist and author Sir John Lister Kaye.

Mark and Euan with a rare bird sighting, a slice of Japan in the Ochil Hills and the history of an observatory atop a mountain 24.11.2018

A rare bird sighting, an observatory atop a mountain and a Japanese Garden in the Ochils

Brochs, bunkers and a battery-powered train 17.11.2018

Euan visits an Iron Age broch and a 1960s nuclear bunker, and Mark rides a battery train.

The West Highland Line 14.11.2018

Mark and Euan on one of the world's greatest rail journeys on the West Highland Line

Out of Doors First World War Special 10.11.2018

Mark and Euan mark 100 years since the Armistice with a special podcast

Mark and Euan discover a rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T and a dictionary of Scots Nature 03.11.2018

A rejuvenated Highland railway, a Ford Model T statue and a dictionary of Scots Nature

, Mark and Euan indulge their love of steam trains, get close up with some reindeer and the bee that's become an internet hit 27.10.2018

The reindeer of the Cairngorms, steam trains and the bee that's an internet sensation

St. Cuthbert's Way 24.10.2018

Mark and Euan follow an ancient tradition by making a pilgrimage but with a modern twist.

Tools, spatulas, bees and the John Muir Trust 20.10.2018

Euan McIlwraith and Karen Mackenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Women in farming, beavers, geese and maps 13.10.2018

Euan McIlwraith and Karen MacKenzie with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir Way starting in Helensburgh where Muir set off from to the US to his birthplace of Dunbar 10.10.2018

Mark and Euan cycle the John Muir way from Helensburgh to Dunbar

Mark and Euan get the lowdown on peat, a new island distillery and the farmer who turned his life around 06.10.2018

Mark and Euan get lowdown on peat, a new distillery and life as a New Zealand farmer

Mark visits Scotland's Air Ambulance, finds out about Nature Deficit Disorder and Euan discovers another side to angling 29.09.2018

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, Nature Deficit Disorder and another side to angling

Peter May on Lewis 26.09.2018

Mark Stephen visits the Island of Lewis with the author, Peter May.

Venison, vertical farm, mussels, Mingming, rafts and puffins 22.09.2018

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Mark Stephen's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat, Bon Accord and Laura Cuthill unearths some of the lesser known facts about Dundee 15.09.2018

Mark's aboard the Aberdeen lifeboat and Laura delves into the history of Dundee

Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley who spent 36 years as a member of the RAF mountain rescue team 12.09.2018

Mark and Euan spend time with David 'Heavy' Whalley, a veteran of RAF mountain rescues

Torry Battery Coastal Special 08.09.2018

Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with a coastal themed podcast.

Out of Doors Goes Forth Two 05.09.2018

Mark and Euan travel along the south side of the River Forth.

Sheepdogs, mountain art, bugs, gas holders, segways and pine martens 01.09.2018

Mark Stephen and Karen MacKenzie with the latest Scotland outdoors podcast.

Out of Doors Goes Forth 29.08.2018

Mark and Euan follow the River Forth during the building of the Queensferry Crossing.

Mount Stuart House, Jenny Graham, Oystercatchers and the West Island Way 25.08.2018

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

The Heart of Scotland 22.08.2018

Mark and Euan attempt to answer one simple question: where is the heart of Scotland?

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