Scotland Outdoors

A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.

Radio Scotland,659 episodes

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Sixty Years of the Scottish Wildlife Trust
Rachel Stewart speaks to Dr Kenny Taylor at the Montrose Basin about 60 years of the SWT
30 Apr 2025,29 mins
Birch Sap, Sailing and Boggy Marathons
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
26 Apr 2025,82 mins
The Poetry Path at Corbenic Camphill Community in Perthshire
Mark Stephen visits the poetry path at Corbenic with its founder Jon Plunkett
23 Apr 2025,18 mins
Wildfires, Mounth Roads and East Lothian Hedgehogs
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
19 Apr 2025,82 mins
Lorraine McCall - the Trailblazing Adventurer on the Scottish Hills
Rachel Stewart meets the first woman to climb all of Scotland's Grahams in one trip.
16 Apr 2025,22 mins
Inchindown Echo, Edinburgh's Herbarium and the 120 Mile Postie's Path
Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors
12 Apr 2025,84 mins
The Dawn Chorus with Ian Broadbent
Helen Needham meets with bird recorder Ian Broadbent to capture the April dawn chorus
09 Apr 2025,22 mins
Tattie Tastic Light Fantastic
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
05 Apr 2025,83 mins
Walking and Motherhood with Writer Kerri Andrews
Helen Needham meets up with Kerri Andrews at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders
02 Apr 2025,26 mins
A North East Lido, Badger Behaviour and a Coral Beach
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
29 Mar 2025,81 mins
A Fresh Focus on Adaptive Skiing in Scotland
Rachel Stewart hears about the challenges facing the Adaptive Ski scene.
26 Mar 2025,21 mins
Biofluorescence Walks, Reindeer in Aviemore, and Glasgow Central Mosque
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
22 Mar 2025,84 mins
Celebrating the Imperfections in Wood with Artist and Maker Duke Christie
Mark Stephen visits Duke Christie at his studio in Moray
19 Mar 2025,19 mins
The March of the Frogs, Heavy Lifting Stones and Boat Building
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
15 Mar 2025,82 mins
Wild Swimming with Greg and Jules
Rachel Stewart meets wild swimming enthusiasts Greg Hemphill and Julie Wilson Nimmo
12 Mar 2025,28 mins
Bracklinn Falls, Needle Felting and The Cabrach Distillery
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
08 Mar 2025,84 mins
Preserving Antarctica's Heritage Buildings with Conservation Carpenter Graham Gillie
Mark Stephen hears from Graham Gillie about his extraordinary working life in Antarctica
05 Mar 2025,21 mins
Kingfishers, a Gunpowder Mill and a Halifax Bomber Relic
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart present stories from the great outdoors
01 Mar 2025,85 mins
Wildlife on the Water of Leith
Walking the Water of Leith with photographer Tom Kelly
26 Feb 2025,24 mins
A Soutar's Shop, Jigsaws and Gorillas
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
22 Feb 2025,82 mins
The Glasgow Seed Library with Rowan Lear
Helen Needham meets seed librarian Rowan Lear
19 Feb 2025,23 mins
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Snowdrops and a Beaver MOT
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
15 Feb 2025,83 mins
Sunset Song - Exploring The Mearns - Part 2
Mark Stephen explores the landscape of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song
12 Feb 2025,29 mins
Water of Leith Otters, Salmon Fishing on the River Tweed and a Famous North East Cow
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
08 Feb 2025,83 mins
Sunset Song - Exploring the Mearns - Part 1
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith explore the Mearns with Sunset Song in hand
05 Feb 2025,26 mins
The Festival of Imbolc, World Wetlands Day and the Big Farmland Bird Count
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
01 Feb 2025,82 mins
Burns on Birds, Golden Eye and How to Make Haggis
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
25 Jan 2025,83 mins
Wandering Morven - A Wander up Morven with Artist and Adventurer Morven Stewart
Helen Needham walks up Morven in Aberdeenshire with Morven Stewart
22 Jan 2025,25 mins
Endurance Racing, the Ness Islands of Inverness and a Mini Kilted King
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
18 Jan 2025,79 mins
Tam O' Shanter and the Poetry of Robert Burns
Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of Tam O' Shanter
15 Jan 2025,15 mins