St Kilda, Moths and Jay-Z
Join Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith for the latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, plus the key stories for those who live and work in the countryside.
Our latest Scotland Outdoors podcast features adventurer Jenny Tough. She shared stories of solo running trips through mountain ranges around the world and we have a clip from that episode.
It might be an attractive yellow colour and good for pollinators but ragwort, as Mark explains, has a dark side.
How does a museum reopen after being closed for four months? Laura Guthrie visits the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune to find out.
After making his own moth trap Mark became fascinated by the insects. To learn more he visits Dr Mark Young, a moth expert who tells him about the different species of moth we find in Scotland plus what they can tell us about our environment.
Saturday 29th August marks the 90th anniversary of the evacuation of the islands of St Kilda. We鈥檙e joined live by Alasdair MacEachen, Benbecula resident and member of the St Kilda Club to chat about what happened to those who left and what the islands are like now.
Euan visits the Aberdeenshire farmers who found themselves at the centre of a media storm after featuring in a Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z music video. But their journey into farming is even more interesting as they explain to Euan.
As some Coronavirus restrictions are eased, we chat to Kash Butt, co-founder of Boots and Beards, a Glasgow based walking group about how important getting back to group walking is for their members.
And Euan is back from his holidays and with him is mystery bird! This bird has a few distinctive calls associated with it, can you identify it?