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Venus, Lambing and a Norway Cave

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.

As soft fruit farmers across the North East of Scotland gear up for the start of the season, where will the much needed workforce come from as lockdown continues? We speak to live to Angus farmer James Porter who is also specialist crops chairman for the National Farmers Union of Scotland about the challenges he is facing.

Euan has been back out in his garden listening to the birds. Can you identify his chosen cheep this week?

Mark turns his head skyward as he points his telescope to Venus, the bringer of peace.

And we have a poem from listener Alison Roe called Seven Touches.

Before lockdown Euan headed to Lewis and visited the Calanais Standing Stones site to find out what secrets remain below the ground.

Our daily walk this week comes from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland colleague Fiona Stalker who takes us along on her dog walk with Pip the Sausage Dog.

Ornithologist and conservationist Roy Dennis joins us on the line as he marks the 60th anniversary of the first time he saw an Osprey at the Loch Garten Nature Reserve.

Helen Needham interviews Shetland artist Amy Gear about her latest work.

Our pick of the archive this week features Euan and his rather frightening experience in a cave in Norway.

And Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Orkney’s Dave Gray speaks to eight year-old Kathryn from Holm who has become a Facebook sensation with her lambing videos along with help from camerawoman mum Lindsay!

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Apr 2020 15:30

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  • Sat 18 Apr 2020 06:30
  • Sun 19 Apr 2020 15:30

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