Clips
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Landward: Access Paths Duration: 05:03
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Landward: Seaweed - Fuel of the Future Duration: 04:58
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Landward - Gail McGrane - Weather Folklore Duration: 03:05
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Landward: Phil Cunningham's Wildlife Duration: 03:13
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Landward - Access Paths - Eva McCracken Duration: 01:18
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Landward - Phil Cunningham Talks Wildlife Duration: 05:59
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Dairy Decline
The face of the dairy industry in Scotland is changing, the number of small dairy run farms are dwindling and are being replaced by large indoor milk producers. Figures published by the Scottish Dairy Cattle Association showed in 2009 Scotland lost 41 diary herds, around 4000 cows, this fall in numbers has been a regular pattern over the last few years. This week Landward asks what will the dairy industry look like in Scotland if we continue to lose our small dairy herds.
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Phil Cunningham's Wildlife
Musician Phil Cunningham begins his three part strand exploring his love and passion for Scotland’s wildlife. In the first instalment Phil helps the ranger service at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh with their annual toad patrol.
Video Interview: Phil talks about his love for wildlife -
Seaweed - Fuel For Thought
It’s not the first time an oil boom has been predicted off the coast of Scotland, but this time round we’re looking not for the black stuff, but the browny green. Seaweed has real potential as an energy source and the good news is Scotland has plenty of it and the potential to grow lots more. Biomara is a UK and Irish project being led by scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science near Oban. Sarah Mack meets the team to find out how seaweed could contribute to solving the energy crisis.
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Access Paths
Improving access to the countryside is a major objective of the government. One of the big frustrations is that many of the things which prevent wheelchair users using countryside paths are actually man-made: such as gates or the wooden decking across a bridge over a stream. Often it is the small things like this that can make the difference between a path being suitable for wheelchairs or not.
Video: Euan talks to Eva McCracken about wheelchair friendly paths
Euan McIwraith joins a group of wheelchair users on a new all-ability path at Craigvinean Forest near Dunkeld to find out more about the topic. -
Gail’s Weather
Farmers’ lives are dominated by the weather, giving rise to many weather-based tales, weather folklore and weather sayings. The most famous weather saying of all must be, “Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning.”
With modern technology and the sophistication of modern weather forecasts, many of us now take these weather sayings with a pinch of salt, but there may be more truth to them than you might expect. BBC’s weather forecaster Gail McGrane explores the background to these old weather sayings.
Credits
- Presenter
- Dougie Vipond
- Producer
- Simon Cousins
Broadcasts
Podcast
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Scotland Outdoors
Your free, weekly, pocket guide to the Scottish outdoors. A flavour of the countryside in 15...
