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Mark joins Heather Hamilton, project officer at the Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust, to find out how they have been regenerating the community woodland of Dun Coillich.

Rachel visits artists Adrian Watson from Aberdeen Inspired and Eliose Gillow, who have been painting 'Rewilding' themed murals, as part of Nuart Aberdeen 2023.

Mark went along to the Pitlochry Dam and Salmon Ladder to have a chat with Hydro Operations Environment Manager, Andrew Jacobs, about the local ladder climbing salmon.

As Scottish Coastal Clean-Up urged local communities to clear as much rubbish from our coastlines as possible, Rachel joins volunteers, Kate Millar, Wendy Murray and Lynne Fotheringham at a beach clean-up at East Haven beach in Angus, to mark World Ocean Day.

Mark goes undercover at a Badger Sett at Dun Coillich, near Pitlochry, to see if he can get eyes on the resident badger family. The Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust’s assistant officer, Fred Cochrane, gives him the lowdown on the sett.

A Pollen Bomb is about to hit Scotland, leading to a rough time for hay fever sufferers. We call upon Airborne Allergens Expert, Max Wiseberg, who as it happens, is also a lifelong sufferer of hay fever.

An excerpt from our midweek podcast, Scotland Outdoors, explores Rebecca Smith’s recent publication, ‘Rural -The Lives of the Working Class Countryside’, at the Muiravonside Estate.

Coaltown of Balgonie primary school have been taking samples of the River Leven to test how healthy it is. Rachel joined the P6/7 class, and those behind the new restoration plan on the banks of the river at Methilhill.