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Out of Doors: The Giant Mice of St Kilda, Seaweed Foraging and the Hulder of Scandinavia

The Giant Mice of St Kilda, Seaweed Foraging and the Hulder of Scandinavia

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The giant mice of St Kilda, seaweed foraging on the east coast and Scandinavian folklore

Euan meets countryside ranger Julia Duncan of Blair Castle and Atholl Estates – she’s hoping to inspire a new generation to enter the profession

Helen Needham explores the growing interest in the tradition of Wassailing in the community orchards of Scotland with horticulturalist Margaret Lear

Ecologist Conor McKinney explains how research on the large mice of St Kilda shows their dietary habits are changing

Mark meets Jayson Biles of East Neuk Seaweed in Fife to discover it is possible to go seaweed foraging in the middle of winter

Get on your bike to birdwatch!  We hear from Laura Young of Sustrans on how they are joining forces with the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch at the end of the month

Euan delves into some Scandinavian folklore with a tale of the hulder – a mythical forest creature

We mark the centenary of George MacKay Brown in the company of poet Jim Mackintosh

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