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Farmers Markets, Ardeer and Glen Finglas

Join Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith for the latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, plus the key stories for those who live and work in the countryside.

Euan gets the reaction of the National Farmers Union of Scotland President, Andrew McCornick, to the latest Brexit delay.

It's emerged that the success of a scheme to get rid of stoats in Orkney could be seriously compromised because many local landowners have decided not to co-operate with the initiative. Farmers would rather money was spent on dealing with Greylag Geese instead as Dave Gray reports.

Mark goes to explore Ury Riverside Park in Inverurie as the flood plain is developed into a useable space for the town.

Images of cliffs and trees being covered in netting to prevent birds from nesting have become quite common on social media recently. But as Euan discovers buildings are also being netted to stop birds making nests.

These days, farmers markets are quite a common sight across Scotland but not that long ago that wasn鈥檛 the case. Mark speaks to the man who changed it all by starting Perth Farmers Market, Jim Fairlie.

Euan is on the Ardeer Peninsula in Ayrshire where a wildlife haven is under threat from development.

Mark explores Glen Finglas in the Trossachs, a place that nature writer Jim Crumley finds inspiring. Ahead of our extended interview with Jim to be broadcast over the next couple of weeks, Mark met Gwen Raes, Estate Manager with the Woodland Trust who tells him more about the Glen.
As the Beechgrove Garden returns to our screens this month, Mark explores the garden and meets the cast and crew as they start filming.

And we have a montage of your soundscapes sent in from around the world. Can you identify them all?

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Apr 2019 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Apr 2019 06:30

Landward

Landward

Scotland's farming and countryside programme