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Mark visits the River Findhorn in Moray and a salmon tagging project being run by The Atlantic Salmon Trust. The project hopes to find out more about why salmon numbers are decreasing at worrying rates.

Our midweek podcast this week features the palaeontologist Dr Katie Strang. Dr Strang met Mark at Preston Island in the Firth of Forth to talk about Crinoids, Bryozoans, Brachiopods and more! She tells us why geology is so fascinating.

Dan Holland has a love hate relationship with the highland midgie. He tells us about how every year from his Ullapool home he awaits their arrival as a signal of the start of summer, and the start of the biting season.

Mark visits Polly Pullar, an author, naturalist and conservationist who is currently rearing an orphaned leveret, a young hare in its first year.

The island of Mousa in Shetland is home to one of the UK鈥檚 largest storm petrel breeding colonies. Jen Stout from 主播大秀 Shetland takes the first storm petrel watching trips on the Mousa Boat to try and spot these elusive seabirds.

And many of the storm petrels that make their home on Mousa nest in the Broch of Mousa, a 2000-year-old Iron Age round tower. We are joined live by Dr Val Turner, regional archaeologist for the Shetland Amenity Trust who can tell us all about the fascinating Iron Age structure.

Euan is delving into Scottish culture and folklore as he recalls the tale of the Earth Hound.

Helen Needham is at Forvie National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire where local artist Fiona Soe Paing is launching a sound walk inspired by the landscape, folklore and rich balladry tradition of North East Scotland.

Once again, we have a mystery bird to test our avian listening skills.

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