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21/04/2018

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.

In the first half hour:
Many farmers across Scotland are in the middle of lambing season just now. It's a challenging, busy period at the best of times but with such a cold March many farmers are having a tougher than usual lambing. Mark went to spend some time in the lambing shed with hill sheep farmer Lorraine Luescher near Canonbie to get the real 'lambing live' experience.

After 8 o'clock:
Euan finds out about the benefits of original wild versions of the vegetables we know and love from the Rowett Institute and visits a secret patch of cabbage.

On our quest to find a map with the Northern Isles in their correct geographical location we were sent some CAA charts from the Highland Gliding Club. Mark went along to find out more about their uses for modern day glider pilots.

Swifts are a bird in trouble in the UK - there has been a 51% decrease in their breeding numbers between 1995 and 2015. Mark meets a lady who is on a mission to do her bit to save them by setting up the Huntly Swift Group.

What does a Lord Lieutenant do? Euan meets one, Clare Nancy Russell who is Lord Lieutenant for Banffshire, and finds out.

Saturday 21st April is the 180th anniversary of the birth of John Muir, the Scot who went on to become father of the American National Parks. We relive part of our USA trip from 2016 when we met Lee Stetson, an actor who transforms into John Muir to give tours in Yosemite.

Euan is in Orkney looking at the beauty of clouds with artist Rebecca Marr and finding out about a cloud photography competition.

Our soundscape this week is the Bracklinn Falls near Callander.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 Apr 2018 06:30

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  • Sat 21 Apr 2018 06:30

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Scotland's farming and countryside programme