In this episode, Dougie is in the foothills of the Cairngorms, which are alive with the sight and sound of waders. He visits a farm that is monitoring ground-nesting birds such as curlew, snipe and lapwing during breeding season.\n\nArlene is in the Pentland Hills to meet the students who look after a herd of rare ponies, while Cammy is in Ayrshire to find out why an American businessman has traded a career in oil and gas for cows and grass. Rosie is at Strathvaich Estate in Ross-shire to see the vast-scale work going on to restore the peatland and take a closer look at the plant that creates this important habitat. And Shahbaz is in Aberdeenshire to visit some Highland cattle near Banchory and find out why they have become a tourist attraction.
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2024: Episode 26
Dougie takes a winter walk in Glen Affric in the Highlands for a special festive episode looking back on 2024. He revisits the stories that Anne, Arlene, Cammy, Rosie and Shahba ...
15-12-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 25
In this episode, Dougie plays a round at the historic Kingarrock golf course in Fife. He finds out how the grounds are managed with nature in mind, using Hebridean sheep for con ...
08-12-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 24
As winter gets under way, Dougie is at Auchnacarry Estate in Lochaber, where he takes a walk in the woods. He goes in search of the UK’s Tree of the Year, a mighty ancient ...
01-12-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 23
In this episode, the team are in Moray for a special episode about Findhorn Bay. Dougie goes upstream along the River Findhorn to meet the water bailiff and find out about his j ...
24-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 22
In this episode, Dougie is in Garioch - Aberdeenshire's farming heartland - to discover why volcanic rock dust is being spread on the fields. Cammy visits a career fair in Aviem ...
17-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 21
Dougie heads to the Inner Hebrides for a special episode about island living - past, present and future. He catches up with former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright as he ma ...
10-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 20
In a Halloween special, Dougie’s in Galloway uncovering the real life events that inspired Burns’s epic poem of the supernatural, Tam O’ Shanter.\n\nAs darknes ...
03-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 19
Dougie is in Argyll to take a solar-powered trip on the first fully electric boat in the UK’s fishing fleet. Rosie is in Dumfries and Galloway to meet the flower-farming c ...
27-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 18
Dougie visits a wildlife site just a stone’s throw from Glasgow city centre. He finds out how Claypits local nature reserve transformed from industrial wasteland to become ...
20-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 17
Dougie’s in the Trossachs taking in the view at Loch Katrine. He visits the new three-storey watchtower on the site credited as the birthplace of Scottish tourism, made fa ...
13-10-2024
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 19
Dougie looks at the impact on fishermen of new measures to protect the marine environment. Sarah helps out at a farmers market, and Nick cooks creel-caught langoustine in the La ...
20-02-2017
BBC 2
2024: Episode 16
In this episode, Dougie grabs the bull by the horns in a special episode all about cattle. Across Scotland, the team celebrate the many ways in which we live and work alongside ...
06-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 2
Dougie and the team are in Speyside for a special episode. An area dominated by the River Spey, Speyside is one of the country’s most productive whisky regions as well as ...
14-04-2024
BBC 2
2021: Episode 25
Anne is shopping for local Christmas food and drink at the Kelso Farmers Market. Meanwhile, Dougie visits the Crichton Institute in Dumfries and uncovers the pioneering treatmen ...
12-12-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 6
In a spring special, Dougie is on the hunt for signs of the season with nature writer Jim Crumley, while Arlene helps out some Edinburgh toads that are on the move for love.\n\n ...
23-05-2021
BBC 2
2024: Episode 8
In this episode, Dougie travels around the Isle of Skye, which is expected to attract up to one million visitors this year. Dougie finds out what effect this influx of visitors ...
26-05-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 3
In this episode, Dougie takes the ferry from Oban to the beautiful Isle of Lismore, where he finds out how one man is using technology to remove invasive American mink and save ...
22-04-2024
BBC 2
2023: Episode 26
In a special festive programme reflecting on 2023, Dougie celebrates the season at Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire. He helps out decking the halls in traditional style and discov ...
17-12-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 25
Dougie is in Angus visiting the farmers concerned about new powerlines crossing their land. He discovers that the increase in renewable offshore energy is leading to new power l ...
10-12-2023
BBC 2
2021: Episode 17
In this episode, Dougie follows the action at the autumn tup and ewe sales in Lairg for a special programme all about sheep. He finds out how sheep and lamb sales are faring thi ...
17-10-2021
BBC 2