Scotland Outdoors

A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

Radio Scotland,795 episodes

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The Lives of Leaves - Shapes, Colours, Uses and Meanings with Dan Crowley and Douglas Justice
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith discuss a range of leaves and trees with Dan and Douglas
19 Jan 2022,28 mins
Wassailing, Seaweed Foraging and Giant Viking Mice
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the Scottish outdoors.
15 Jan 2022,82 mins
Beyond the Swelkie - Contemporary Responses to the Writing of George Mackay Brown in his Centenary Year with Jim Mackintosh
Helen Needham speaks with poet Jim Mackintosh about the legacy of George Mackay Brown.
12 Jan 2022,25 mins
Trees, Birds, Peatland, Antarctic Expeditions and Gaelic Place Names
Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
08 Jan 2022,83 mins
What the Clyde said, after COP26
Mark explores the poem written by Kathleen Jamie in a journey along the Clyde in Glasgow
05 Jan 2022,30 mins
To celebrate Scotland's Year of Stories, a visit to Moniack Mhor, Scotland's Creative Writing Centre
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
01 Jan 2022,56 mins
Walking the Lairig Ghru with Adam Watson and Tom Weir
We dig into the archives and share a programme recorded in 1986.
29 Dec 2021,32 mins
Tales of Hogmanay and New Year's Day
Euan McIlwraith looks at Scottish Hogmanay traditions from across the decades
22 Dec 2021,28 mins
Embracing the Darkness of Midwinter - Walking, Stargazing and a Doric Christmas Tale.
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a Midwinter Special.
18 Dec 2021,81 mins
A Year of Wild Food with Monica Wilde.
Mark Stephen hears about Monica's year of buying nothing and foraging for food.
15 Dec 2021,24 mins
Food, Foraging, Mistletoe and Romans
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
11 Dec 2021,84 mins
Food for the Climate - What We Should Be Eating and Growing in the Future with Professor Mads Fischer-Moller
Helen Needham speaks with Professor Mads Fischer-Moller of Scotland's Rural College.
08 Dec 2021,29 mins
The aftermath of Storm Arwen, the Fairies of Glenshee and Hawick, the town of a 1000 Trails
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present Scotland Outdoors
04 Dec 2021,84 mins
The Awakening of Glenshee - The Stories of the Giant's Hand and the Climate Emergency
Mark Stephen meets the people behind The Awakening Art Project at the Spittal of Glenshee
01 Dec 2021,45 mins
Earth, Wind and Fire - Surviving the Storm, an E Journey and Cooking on Wood
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the Great Scottish Outdoors.
27 Nov 2021,82 mins
Walking as Art and the Walking Library with Professor Dee Heddon
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham take a walk in Glasgow with Dee Heddon.
24 Nov 2021,38 mins
Ranger Rendezvous, Cranes and the World's Smallest Car
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
20 Nov 2021,82 mins
25 Years of Landscape Restoration at the Woodland Trust's Glen Finglas Estate
Mark Stephen meets Gwen Raes at Glen Finglas in the Trossachs.
17 Nov 2021,27 mins
Jonah The Whale, a field of flints near the river Dee and the ancient art of salmon net fishing
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
13 Nov 2021,84 mins
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris and the Spell Songs Singers
Helen Needham with the Spell Songs Collective ahead of the release of 'Let the Light In'.
10 Nov 2021,40 mins
Renewable Energy in Orkney, Sustainable Farming and Electric Cars - A COP26 Special.
With Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
06 Nov 2021,82 mins
Mark Stephen visits a carbon footprint trail in the woodlands near Bennachie in Aberdeenshire
Mark Stephen presents the Scotland Outdoors podcast
03 Nov 2021,20 mins
A children's wood, the ghosts of Aberdeenshire and some greedy badgers
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
30 Oct 2021,85 mins
Mark Stephen and nature photographer Andy Howard settle in to watch badgers at night
Badger watching with Mark Stephen and nature photographer Andy Howard
27 Oct 2021,27 mins
Pilgrimage for COP26, a Dundee Whale and a Smallholding Festival
Mark and Euan present the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
23 Oct 2021,84 mins
Slowing Your Roll with Travel Blogger and Podcaster Kathi Kamleitner
Helen Needham goes for a walk with Kathi Kamleitner of the Watch Me See Travel Blog.
20 Oct 2021,28 mins
Apples, Tatties, Phosphorescence and Slime.
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors.
16 Oct 2021,81 mins
Iain Cameron the Snow Patch Hunter
Mark Stephen talks to Iain Cameron about his latest book 'The Vanishing Ice'.
13 Oct 2021,26 mins
All aboard - from Fort William to Mallaig on the Jacobite Steam Train
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
09 Oct 2021,54 mins
The Shieling Project - Connecting Children to the Past to Create a Resilient Future
Mark Stephen speaks to Sam Harrison of the Shieling Project based in the Highlands.
06 Oct 2021,26 mins