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The Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

Hello and thanks very much for downloading this podcast. I'm Mark Stephen. As you know, we make the Scotland Outdoors podcast out of the live program we do for BBC Radio Scotland. And this week it was a right mixed bag, actually. We had the mystery bird, which is something of a stock standard. But we also had a really colourful character in the north-east who raced a train. Right, I have a conundrum this morning.

A black cat crossed my path here in the car park, here in BBC Aberdeen, and I want to know

if that's good news or bad news.

Now, there's no point in saying, depends which way it went.

Was it going from left to right or right to left?

Because it went both ways, and it might be like like a quadratic equation and it cancels itself out. I've no idea. I'm Mark Stephen, confused in the BBC Aberdeen

Car Park, coming to you from a nippy Bamshare, somebody who frankly just doesn't care. Mr Ewan

McElroof. Losing the will to live. I tell you it's fantastic. First time I think in a in a long time, broadcasting in daylight. There's a gorgeous guy. There's kind of a slash of lemon across the bottom. Then a bit, the kind of yellow-y, the colour of avocado flesh. And then it merges into blue. And there's a, you said a half-moon. I I would say 46%, but don't want to be picky about it.

What are your plans today?

You can email out of doors at BBC.co.com.

Or text us on 80295.

Sam's taking your calls.

0808.5.92.95.

Now get in quick because he's going to be very busy this morning.

Far be it from me to say I told you so but last week i told you sir nerve cast a clout till may is out you know because it looked like spring last weekend and it's absolutely freezing here this morning it's about minus two hang fire for a more consistent change in the temperature. Coming up at the charismatic mountain here

and trying to spot, and it's quite difficult, the Northern Lights.

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