Dougie sets sail up the Firth of Clyde to Greenock to see the reminders of Scotland's trading past. He discovers how this industrial river system is recovering from centuries of pollution, and hears about some of the marine species now in residence.\n\nRosie is in Sutherland to visit the Reay Forest Estate, where an ambitious landscape-sized project aimed at saving Atlantic salmon in the River Laxford is under way. Meanwhile, Shahbaz is on the banks of the Clunie Water, a tributary of the River Dee, where he finds out how storm trees are being used to improve the river habitat. He also shares a few tips about photographing river landscapes and chooses his favourite viewer pictures.
Source: BBC 2
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
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
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
2020: Episode 18
This week from the UK’s most westerly point, Dougie’s at Ardnamurchan Lighthouse looking out for marine wildlife and discovering the new Hebridean Whale Trail. He al ...
25-10-2020
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 24
Landward prepares for winter as Dougie helps out with some footpath maintenance in the hills of Skye. Sarah joins a mountain rescue training exercise, and Euan helps prepare a s ...
27-02-2017
BBC 2
2022: Episode 12
In this special episode from Scotland's east coast, Anne is in Aberdeen finding out why it’s one of the best places to see dolphins in the UK. Dougie visits Coldingham Bay ...
26-06-2022
BBC 2
2015/2016: 12. Prawn Wars: Landward Special
Scotland's west coast is one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world - but it's also a place of work. Dougie Vipond follows the creelers, trawlermen and scallop dredgers w ...
18-10-2015
BBC 2
2021: Episode 3
In this episode, Dougie walks the Postie’s Path on the Coigach peninsula in Wester Ross, discovering out it transformed life in this remote community and how it is being p ...
02-05-2021
BBC 2
2024: Episode 14
With harvest in full swing, Dougie visits a Fife arable farmer recognised as a ‘climate hero’ for using pioneering techniques to grow crops that are both profitable ...
22-09-2024
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
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