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Our latest Scotland Outdoors podcast features Dr Sandy Knapp, a botanist at the Natural History Museum in London, chatting to Mark and Helen about her favourite plants. We hear why moss is top of her list.

More on favourites as we hear from singer, songwriter and theatre maker Karine Polwart about why she loves Arctic Terns.

Our archive piece comes from a visit Mark made to the Devil鈥檚 Porridge Museum in Dumfries and Galloway. The museum is on the site of HM Factory Gretna, a World War One munitions factory and museum staff are currently carrying out more research into the mostly women who worked there.

Mark is out in the snow trying to look on the bright side of life and find reasons to be cheerful.

The Grampian Transport Museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire like many venues across the country, has been closed for much of the past year. Last week Mark went for a visit to find out about their latest acquisition, a hydrogen bus and their plans for more outdoor exhibitions.

Over the last couple of weeks broadcaster and blogger Pennie Latin has been sharing her experience of recovering from breast cancer with Out of Doors. In the final instalment of the series, she tells us how her garden and the landscape around her home has helped in her recovery.

Next week sees the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. We hear live about the online events that are being held and the recent research that has been carried out on the site.

Euan has another tuneful mystery bird to challenge us.

RSPB Scotland鈥檚 DolphinFest has moved online for 2021 with events being held across this weekend. We hear live about how people can join in.

And we have a soundscape of a rather impressive steam engine belonging to the Grampian Transport Museum.

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