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Chemical use in forestry, choosing binoculars and Scotland's most interesting square metre

Helen Needham looks at chemical use in forestry, Euan McIlwraith gets tips on choosing binoculars, and Kevin Frediani finds one of Scotland's most interesting square metres.

Helen Needham takes a look at the use of chemicals in forestry.

Euan gets some tips on how to choose a decent pair of binoculars.

In our bid to find the most interesting square metre in Scotland. Mark and Euan challenge Kevin Frediani of Inverewe Garden to show them a spot with lots of different plant species.

Plus, Mark takes a look at Loch Tay above and below the water. He takes a trip out on the new boat belonging to Highland Safaris. And he hears about some fascinating discoveries under the water dating from 8,000 years ago from Nick Dixon of the Scottish Crannog Centre.

And the moment you've all been waiting for, Episode Tow of The Airchies our Doric take on the legendary radio soap opera, The Archers.

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