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Out of Doors: Mountain Hares, Snowdrops, and a Mort House

Mountain Hares, Snowdrops, and a Mort House

BBC Radio Scotland - Out of Doors, Mountain Hares, Snowdrops, and a Mort House

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart explore a Mort House, visit a Snowdrop garden and search for mountain hares in the Cairngorms.

Rachel joins Josie Fraser, one of the volunteers working over the past weeks at a new community woodland in Dingwall, where seven thousand trees are being planted on a field overlooking the town. 

Maud Start joins volunteers working on maintenance of the historic Waverley Paddle Steamer at the Glasgow Science Centre. She speaks to the ship’s Chief Officer Gary Stevenson and other volunteers.
 
Mark explores the history of defence against graverobbers, as he visits the Mort House in the old kirkyard in Udny Green, Aberdeenshire, with its keeper Bill Johnstone.

Wildlife photographer Andy Howard shows Mark how to photograph mountain hares in the Cairngorms.

Patrick Higgins from the Strathmiglo Conservation Community will join us live to tell us how he hopes Strathmiglo becoming the first Biodiversity Village in Fife will get the entire region involved in protecting local wildlife.

Rachel chats with Marion Montgomerie, founder of the Paws for Plastic initiative, which encourages dog owners to pick up litter on their walks. On a stroll along Stonehaven beach, she asks Marion and her friend Julie where the inspiration came for this project.

An extract from this week’s midweek podcast sees swift protection campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor tell our producer Helen Needham why, wearing only her pants,  she defended the birds’ cause at the Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. 

Rachel enjoys a guided tour of Fingask Castle near Perth, home to Scotland’s surrealist garden, which is opening its doors to the public for the Scottish Snowdrops Festival.

Plus, we have a mystery sound for you! Can you identify what it might be?

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