BBC Radio Scotland

Scotland Outdoors

Science EN ↓ 783 episodes

A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

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BBC Radio Scotland

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

The Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway 18.08.2018

Mark and Euan travel the 82 mile Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway line.

Charlie Gammack 15.08.2018

Mark and Euan meet Charlie Gammack, a well known Speyside saddler at his shop in Aberlour

It's festival time - Mark and Euan are in Edinburgh in the midst of the action but also hunting out some quieter spaces 11.08.2018

It's festival time in Edinburgh but Mark and Euan find a quieter space at Blackford Hill

In 2015, Euan McIlwraith took a flight with a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter and got involved in a real life rescue 08.08.2018

Euan McIlwraith's on board a RAF Search and Rescue helicopter en route to a rescue

Mark and Euan visit the Forvie Sands ternery, the art deco Rothesay Pavilion and find out how to grow truffles 04.08.2018

Terns, truffles and one of Scotland's most significant art deco buildings

Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston. They hear about its history, go rock pooling and tackle a beach picnic 01.08.2018

Mark and Euan visit the coastal village of Collieston for some beachcombing and a picnic

Mark and Euan get up close to squirrels and seahorses and discover the history of the Shipping Forecast 28.07.2018

The history of the Shipping Forecast, the life of a seahorse and a red squirrel up close

Microadventures 25.07.2018

Mark goes bivving with two travellers looking for microadventures close to home.

Pike, Swifts, Cullen and a bunkhouse 21.07.2018

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Has Scotland become divorced from nature? Mark Stephen meets journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch to find out 18.07.2018

Mark Stephen meets Lesley Riddoch who thinks Scotland has become divorced from nature

Mark and Euan visit the Holm of Papay, a very special building in Speyside and meet a musician with a passion for birds 14.07.2018

A visually stunning building in Speyside and the musician with a passion for birds

Mark and Euan travel from Westray to Papa Westray in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight. 11.07.2018

Mark and Euan take to the skies in Orkney on the world's shortest scheduled flight

Mark visits the places in Orkney which were the inspiration for the writer George MacKay Brown 07.07.2018

Mark's in Orkney visiting the places which inspired writer George MacKay Brown

Fiona Stalker chats to Sir Chris Bonington about his life of climbing. 04.07.2018

An extended interview with legendary climber Sir Chris Bonington.

Transport special - steam, vintage landrover and the world's shortest flight. 30.06.2018

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from around Scotland.

Mark and Helen visit Scotland's premier agricultural event of the year - The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston 23.06.2018

Mark and Helen are at the Royal Highland Show - Scotland's premier agricultural event

Royal Northern Spring Show 20.06.2018

Back in snowy March, Mark and Euan visited the Spring show at the Thainstone Centre

Westray 'Queen O' the Isles' 16.06.2018

Mark and Euan spend a day on Westray part of the Orkney islands.

Renewable Energy in Orkney 13.06.2018

Mark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy

Beachcombing, photographing lifeboats, trains and bridge defences. 09.06.2018

Stories from around Scotland with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.

Dementia and the Outdoors 06.06.2018

Mark takes a look at how spending time outdoors can alleviate the symptoms of dementia.

Puffins, thatched roofing, island dairy and mussel picking. 02.06.2018

Mark and Euan with stories from Gigha, Orkney, the Isle of May and beyond.

A community land special. 30.05.2018

Community Land Scotland Conference. And the island of Gigha 16 years after their buyout.

The Telford Bridge in need of some TLC, Achamore Gardens on Gigha and how easy is it to avoid plastic food packaging 26.05.2018

A Telford Bridge in need of repair, Gigha's Achamore Gardens and plastic packaging

Mark and Euan in Norway looking at how land is owned and managed there. 23.05.2018

What can Scotland learn from Norway in terms of how we connect to, own and manage land?

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