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🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Mark is in Aberdeenshire with RSPB’s Hywel Maggs to try to catch a glimpse of the Common crane and to find out why numbers of the birds are increasing in North East Scotland.
Naturalist and Educator Dan Puplett reads the Scottish landscape to track wildlife. Jenny Graham meets him Rafford, near Forres to search for evidence of local species.
‘Clouds’, a new book by Dr Edward Graham explores cloud formations, the science behind them and even the famous artists who have painted them. Mark meets author Eddy to take a look at the formations floating in the sky above Glasgow Green.
Crafted entirely from upcycled materials, a new statue by Helen Denerley is bringing the story of one of Scotland’s most notorious historical figures back to life. Phil Sime joins Shirley Neild in Kingussie to chat about the history of Alexander Stewart marked by the structure.
On a recent trip to Norway, Jenny Graham hopped on her bike in the Fosen district to adventure through Fjord territory.
The Balmoral Estate is home to a series of Royal commemorative cairns, including a structure that’s more reminiscent of ancient Egypt than Scotland. Mark explores with Heraldist Gordon Casely.
Red grouse numbers continue to be low in Scotland. Mark and Jenny are joined by Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Director for Scotland Dr Nick Hesford to talk about their latest research on the grouse population.
Every summer the Woodland Trust announces its shortlist for UK Tree of the Year. The National Contest aims to highlight how vital trees are. Mark meets instrument maker Steve Burnett at Napier’s Craiglockhart Campus in Edinburgh to discover the history behind a sycamore with connections to famous war poet Wilfred Owen.
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| 0:00.0 | This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this. |
| 0:13.0 | As we always tell you, we do a couple of Scotland Outdoors podcasts every week, |
| 0:17.0 | one of which is built from the live programme we do for BBC Radio Scotland, which is called Out of Doors. |
| 0:23.0 | This week, wildlife encounters... |
| 0:25.3 | Or not. |
| 0:26.9 | Out of doors on BBC Radio Scotland. |
| 0:30.4 | Lesson on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.8 | You know we always cook stuff on the fire in the mornings. |
| 0:42.9 | I very nearly came in with venison this morning because I was coming around the corner, of course, leaves on everything at the moment. |
| 0:46.6 | You can't see round corners. |
| 0:48.1 | And there's two road deer standing right in the middle of the road, |
| 0:50.4 | and I have to tell you, the brakes in my Passat are better than I thought. |
| 0:53.9 | Those two |
| 0:54.4 | deer moved away unscathed. Good morning. I'm Mark Stephen standing just the other side of the |
| 0:59.6 | firepower this morning and delighted to welcome her back. Adventurer, explorer, world traveller, |
| 1:05.0 | Jenny Graham, making a rare guest appearance in the car park. I mean, how could I pass up an opportunity |
| 1:10.0 | to come to this car park with you early on a Saturday morning, Mark? I'm just fresh back from Norway, actually, so I'm going to be sharing some of my adventures and wildlife spots with you later in the show. You actually saw wildlife? I actually saw wildlife. We can have a little wildlife battle off. I think you will win this week. |
| 1:29.2 | I'm fairly certain you'll win. |
| 1:30.9 | And if you'd like to get in touch |
| 1:32.7 | and let us know about any of your own favourite |
| 1:35.0 | cycling experiences, or if you |
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