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26/08/2017

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.

Almost a fifth of Scotland's coastline is at risk of erosion. A group of experts studied coastlines dating back to the 1890s to make predictions for the next 30 years. Mark met The Dynamic Coast project manager to find out more.

In 2016, the Scottish Government commissioned research on Women in Farming and the Agriculture Sector. It was carried out by the James Hutton Institute and Mark met up with one of the lead researchers to hear about the findings.

Mark and Euan visit RSPB Skinflats on the River Forth and find out about the birdlife that visits this piece of calm on the edge of industrial Scotland.

The first of two soundscapes, a 1976 International tractor waking up in the morning.

The Cairngorms Capercaillie Project is being developed to help one of the country's most endangered birds. Mark visits woodland just outside Grantown on Spey to find out more about who and what is involved.

When Norway fell to the Germans during the Second World War many Norwegians fled in fishing boats across the North Sea to Scotland and formed themselves into the 'Free Armed Forces'. Some had secret service training and were based in Peterhead. Families of those who served recently came on a visit to the town and Euan went along to find out about this wartime secret which was classified until the 1980s.

Helen visits an installation at the National Library of Scotland called Staffa. Mendelssohn famously visited the island in the Inner Hebrides in 1829 and was inspired to write his Hebrides Overture after seeing Fingal's Cave. This new work features dramatic drone footage and a new musical score written by composer Ned Bigham.

The hunt is on to find past participants of the Moray Sea School which was based at Burghead in the Moray Firth from 1949 through to 1976. The school was the Scottish counterpart of Outward Bound's Sea School at Aberdovey and closed when the Trust moved to Loch Eil on the west coast of Scotland. Mark meets a former tutor to hear about plans for a memorial to the school.

And a soundscape of possibly the team's last journey across the Forth Road Bridge in a car.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Aug 2017 06:30

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  • Sat 26 Aug 2017 06:30

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