Butterflies, Peatland and HMS Unicorn
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
Mark visits the Glencoe Folk Museum to explore some of their finest exhibits, with Curator Catriona Davidson, before it closes for renovation at the end of the year.
Maud Start attempts to bottle the scent of Portobello beach with scent artist Tonya McMullen, as part of her research into synthetic seawater with the ASCUS lab in Edinburgh.
With the start of the Six Nations upon us, Mark joins the Linlithgow Male Rugby Choir for a song at the Union Canal.
Mark meets with Dr Katy Roucoux and Eilidh Lawrence at a peatland in Peat Inn, to find out about a new exhibition, For PeatLands Sake, which has opened at Wardlaw Museum in St Andrews, focusing on the peatland habitats of Scotland and Peru.
Rachel went along to the opening of the salmon season on the River Dee, where Catherine Grainger gives a toast to begin the season.
A survey into Butterflies in Scotland has revealed a decline in most species. We chat with Tom Prescott, Butterfly Conservation’s Senior Conservation Officer, about the findings.
Nick Ray, of Life Afloat, has dedicated his 60th year to paddling around Scotland’s sea lochs on his kayak. Mark joins him in Glencoe to find out about his journey, for our Scotland Outdoors podcast.
Scotland’s oldest ship, HMS Unicorn, is 200 years old. Rachel chats with Museum Director Matthew Bellhouse Moran about the ongoing repairs to the attraction.
Rachel explores a project at the River Dee, where hundreds of trees felled in Storm Arwen are being used to improve habitats for salmon in the river.
Plus, we have a mystery sound for you! Can you identify what it might be?