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In a couple of weeks, swifts will leave our skies and depart for their wintering grounds in Africa. Rachel meets author and naturalist Mark Cocker in Crail to chat about the migrating birds and his new book.

Mark joins community volunteers for an archaeological dig on East Lomond Hill in Fife. Chairman of the Falkland Stewardship Trust, Joe Fitzpatrick, unearths the history behind some significant Pictish findings and chats to Mark about the importance of volunteer excavators.

Producer Phil gets on the saddle with the Highland Blind Tandem Club for a cycle along the canal tow path in Inverness.

Rachel鈥檚 on a hunt for the egg cases of the critically endangered flapper skate. She meets marine biologist Dr Lauren Smith at Cairnbulg Harbour near Fraserburgh to hear about the work going on to map out exactly where these huge creatures are.

Mark visits the National Museums Collection Centre in Edinburgh to discover how changes at the site are supporting the local urban biodiversity. We hear how curator of Entomology Ashleigh Whiffin is monitoring wildlife around the Centre.

A teenager has become the youngest person to swim the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland solo. 15-year-old Oscar Black joins Rachel and Mark to share his journey to reach Scottish shores.

While following the Whithorn Way, Mark and Rachel stop at Prestwick to visit Bruce鈥檚 Well, named after Robert the Bruce. They meet Julia Muir Watt of the Whithorn Way Trust and local historian Alasdair Malcolm to explore King Robert鈥檚 connection to the well.

In 2003, part of a sea wall at Nigg Bay on the Cromarty Firth was breached to reconnect an area of land to the sea. Rachel catches up with RSPB's Steph Elliot to discover how this intertidal habitat is benefiting bird life.