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Out of Doors: Potatoes, Seaweed and Coastal Erosion

Potatoes, Seaweed and Coastal Erosion

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Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors.

Euan is in the Cairngorms finding out about the similarities between people and capercaillie and how understanding those similarities could help protect the rare birds and their habitat. 
	
In our upcoming Scotland Outdoors podcast Helen Needham speaks to author Amanda Thomson about her new book, Belonging, reflections on family, history, identity, place and nature. We hear an excerpt from their chat. 

Mark visits the Commonwealth Potato Collection at the James Hutton Institute just outside Dundee. The collection allows researchers to study the genes of the plants to help tackle disease and ensure the continued health of one of the world’s most important food sources.  
		
What connects a fashion company and the Scottish Association for Marine Science? Dye from seaweed of course. Euan hears how a collaboration between the two could make clothing more sustainable. 

Walking charity Paths for All recently launched the Ian Findlay Path Fund, a £1.5million fund for the improvement of path networks to increase walking, wheeling and cycling, for a happier, healthier, greener Scotland. Mark finds out more about the fund and the man it’s named after, their late Chief Officer, Ian Findlay CBE who died very suddenly in March 2021.

We hear live about surveys that are being made of heritage sites at risk of coastal erosion along the coasts of Moray, Aberdeenshire and parts of the Highlands. The SCAPE Trust charity wants volunteers to get involved, we find out how. 

When Mark visited the Turriff Show at the start of the week he met Gary Maclean, Scotland’s National Chef.  They chat about the importance of promoting Scottish produce and recipes. 

Mark hears about a dramatic osprey chick rescue at a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve in Angus. 

Can you guess this week’s mystery bird that has a strange connection with a popular game?

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