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Ice, Sea Monsters and Outdoor Play

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.

The weather has certainly been icy over the past few weeks and with that in mind, Mark has been remembering a trip to Greenland where he saw some spectacular snow and ice.

We have a lockdown walk from Shetland this week as Helen Moncrieff from RSPB Scotland heads out and about on her home patch for us.

Mystery bird is back for 2021. What does Euan have for us this week? See if you can figure it out.

And since Thursday the Oxford Real Farming Conference has been happening virtually. We chat live to co-founder Ruth West to find out what it鈥檚 all about.

Our Scotland Outdoors podcast this week was part two from Mark and Helen鈥檚 chat with sound artist Jez Riley French. We have an excerpt where he plays us the sound of swans on ice.

Earlier this week Mark decided it was time to once again explore what is on his doorstep. This week he started walking the Formartine and Buchan Way, a path that follows the route of an old railway from Dyce all the way to Fraserburgh.

How do parents make the most of being outdoors with their children at this time of year? We speak live to Marguerite Hunter Blair from Play Scotland to find out why outdoor play is so important for children of all ages and their families too.

Euan has an intriguing tale about a submarine and a sea monster off the coast of Scotland.

And we look back to January 2019 when Mark took to the skies above central Scotland in a Cessna152 Aerobat with Phoenix Flight Training.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Jan 2021 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jan 2021 06:30

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