Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Summer Solstice, Royal Highland Show and Composting
Saturday
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Wild Scottish Flavour Wheel
Last Wednesday
Rachel Stewart meets Dr Marian Bruce, the creator of the Wild Scottish Flavour Wheel.
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Findhorn Water Taxi, Roundabout Gardens and Elie Sand Portraits
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present Scotland Outdoors
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The Whithorn Way - Part 2 - Paisley to Lochwinnoch
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with highlights from the Whithorn Way
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Shetland Dandelions, a Moray Firth Whale and a Paisley Drain
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Lapwing Ringing on Deeside
Wed 4 Jun 2025
Mark Stephen watches lapwing chicks getting ringed on Deeside
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Dendrochronology, Seals and The Salt Path
Sat 31 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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The Whithorn Way - Part 1 - Glasgow
Wed 28 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with highlights from the Whithorn Way
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A Coast to Coast Backpack Challenge, Beekeeping in Kinross and the Capercaillie of Speyside
Sat 24 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Nature-based Solutions and the Changing Climate
Wed 21 May 2025
Rachel Stewart meets environmental scientist Dr Rebecca Wade from Abertay University.
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Willow Weaving, Wild Food and the Isle of Whithon - A Dumfries and Galloway Special
Sat 17 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Vintage Buses, A Chelsea Garden in Glasgow and a Very Lucky Ship
Sat 10 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Professor Lorna Dawson, Forensic Soil Scientist
Wed 7 May 2025
Mark Stephen meets forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson
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Peregrine Falcons in Glasgow, Loch Garten Ospreys and a Spitfire in the Borders
Sat 3 May 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Sixty Years of the Scottish Wildlife Trust
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Rachel Stewart speaks to Dr Kenny Taylor at the Montrose Basin about 60 years of the SWT
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Birch Sap, Sailing and Boggy Marathons
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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The Poetry Path at Corbenic Camphill Community in Perthshire
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Mark Stephen visits the poetry path at Corbenic with its founder Jon Plunkett
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Wildfires, Mounth Roads and East Lothian Hedgehogs
Sat 19 Apr 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Lorraine McCall - the Trailblazing Adventurer on the Scottish Hills
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Rachel Stewart meets the first woman to climb all of Scotland's Grahams in one trip.
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Inchindown Echo, Edinburgh's Herbarium and the 120 Mile Postie's Path
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors
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The Dawn Chorus with Ian Broadbent
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Helen Needham meets with bird recorder Ian Broadbent to capture the April dawn chorus
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Tattie Tastic Light Fantastic
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Walking and Motherhood with Writer Kerri Andrews
Wed 2 Apr 2025
Helen Needham meets up with Kerri Andrews at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders
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A North East Lido, Badger Behaviour and a Coral Beach
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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A Fresh Focus on Adaptive Skiing in Scotland
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Rachel Stewart hears about the challenges facing the Adaptive Ski scene.
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Biofluorescence Walks, Reindeer in Aviemore, and Glasgow Central Mosque
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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Celebrating the Imperfections in Wood with Artist and Maker Duke Christie
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen visits Duke Christie at his studio in Moray
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The March of the Frogs, Heavy Lifting Stones and Boat Building
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Wild Swimming with Greg and Jules
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Rachel Stewart meets wild swimming enthusiasts Greg Hemphill and Julie Wilson Nimmo
