Scotland Outdoors

Including our mystery bird, Orcadian bird names and new music inspired by sparrows.

Tristan advises on how to deepen your understanding of the natural world.

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this week's Scotland Outdoors.

Including a description of 'ferning'...and how this has influenced Amy's work.

Re-live Euan's terrifying caving experience in Norway. Plus Mark's musings on Venus.

Mark and Euan with some mythical creatures and some real wildlife as well.

Mark Stephen takes a bumpy ride to the Cape Wrath Lighthouse.

Plus guess the bird song with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.

Mark and Euan with this Saturday's Scotland Outdoors podcast.

Outdoor theatre in the woods, the humble daffodil and the tranquil sounds of a beach

Geoff Allan is author of The Scottish Bothy Bible and Scottish Bothy Walks.

Helen Needham and Mark Stephen with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.

The mysterious Goblin Ha', Almondell country park and the not so melodic corncrake

What's the future of farming? Mark visits the new entrants to farming annual gathering

Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.

A reluctant alpaca, a trip on a trishaw, how to own a woodland and the life of a mole

Heather Morning of Mountaineering Scotland on her lifelong career in the outdoors

The skill of stone masonry, ski-ing in the Cairngorm and the beauty and benefits of paths

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with this week's Scotland Outdoors.

Electric bikes, mud, glorious mud, canals and wetlands

Mark and Euan celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns with a visit to the Dumfries area

How easy is it to get around without a car. Mark and Euan find out with listener help

A super speedy fish capable of over 40 mph, bluebells of any kind and flexitarian diets

Mark and Euan with a podcast looking at trees, berries and much more.

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a special New Year podcast.

Mark and Euan look back at some of their animal encounters over the past year

Story teller Pauline Cordiner joins Mark and Euan for some festive tales around the fire

Mark and Euan with a look back at a centenary of forestry in Scotland.

Euan meets Gordon Buchanan, Mark builds a hedgehog box and pasta made from crickets

Mark goes for a wander, Helen plants a wild garden and Euan looks for lapwings.

Mark and Euan spend the morning at Caerlaverock wetland centre with author Steven Rutt.

Mark and Euan with a podcast all about winter.

The art of hedgelaying, a talkative jackdaw and the most spoilt bees in the country

With Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.

The sand dunes of West Sands, St Andrews, a field full of swans and a community fridge

Mark and Euan explore the former PoW camp at Cultybraggan which is now community owned.

Helen Needham catches up with composer Matilda Brown as she walks the length of Scotland.

The sounds of nature, a low carbon future and spiders galore

Mark and Euan spend time in the USA learning about the National Park Service.

Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a podcast featuring ants, leeches and cranes.

She spends time on the Venture Trust's Next Steps course in rural Perthshire.

A Bishops' Palace in the Borders, mystery art in Angus and the story of the Garry Bridge

Mark and Euan are at Grampian Transport Museum in Alford for an electric vehicle event.

Comparing and contrasting with the Scottish Sporting Estate model.

A search for tawny owls, a visit to a wood work studio and how to become a wildlife guide

Mark Stephen explores the Tswalu game reserve in South Africa

To compare and contrast with the Scottish Sporting Estate model.

A boat trip on Loch Katrine, cycling the Isla Way and the extinct species of Scotland

Mark spends some time on a narrowboat and Euan takes a trip on The Whisky Line train.

Mark and Euan visit Garrogie Estate to find out how it operates.