OUTDOORS

OUTDOORS

CELEBRATING ALL THAT'S GREAT ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S LANDSCAPES & COUNTRYLIFE

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Christmas Gift Guide: The Great Outdoors

THE outdoor lover in your life will be spoiled rotten this Christmas! Just take a look at all these tried and tested gift ideas, and...
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Winter wildlife with Rosanna Forbes

Rosanna Forbes shares her collection of seasonal winter wildlife pictures with Scottish Field.  From a majestic sea eagle to a young tawny owl, Scotland's landscape...
Happy woman opens gift box from her boyfriend on Christmas day at home.
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Christmas Gift Guide: For Her (Over £100)

DON'T know what to gift the leading lady in your life? Look no further! We have tried and tested some of the best gifts for...
Receiving a gift on Christmas morning in a festive home living room interior.
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Christmas Gift Guide: For Her (Under £100)

YOU don't have to spend a fortune to find gifts that will be cherished. Whether it's a new pair of slippers, a deliciously soft hot...
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An adventure of a lifetime: ‘Scotland’s weather helped prepare me to count penguins in Antarctica’

It was Billy Connolly who said ‘there are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter’. And while Scotland’s infamous weather is often the butt of...
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Christmas Gift Guide: For him

DO you have a man in your life who is impossible to buy for at Christmas? If so, then this is your lucky day. Scottish...


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Laings dazzle in Glasgow with huge light installation

Laings jewellers has lit up Buchanan Street with a large-scale light installation on the front of their Glasgow flagship showroom. Production company Blachere Illumination created...
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Gift something a little different this Christmas with Trump Turnberry

Set against the majestic backdrop of Scotland's west coast, Trump Turnberry Resort presents a world of extraordinary gift experiences, perfect for those who deserve something...
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Christmas Gift Guide: Advent, Decorations, Pampering and House-Warming Gifts

CHRISTMAS? Is that you? If you want to get ahead of the game, why not peruse our list of top advent, house-warming, pampering and decoration...
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Number of endangered Corncrakes soar on Canna thanks to farmers

The number of endangered corncrakes on Canna has soared after years of low populations, and experts say it's all thanks to farmers. At least 12-14...
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Autumn wildlife: Photographer Rosanna Forbes shares her seasonal pictures

Autumn's colours make the perfect backdrop for wildlife photography, says Rosanna Forbes who shares her collection of seasonal pictures with Scottish Field.    [caption id="attachment_231837"...
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Plans for UK ‘return’ of ancient aurochs 400 years after European extinction laid out

Cattle bred to resemble aurochs, large wild-roaming cows and bulls, could be introduced to an estate near Loch Ness - 400 years, after their extinction....
Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan in their Chewin' the Fat days.  (Photo: BBC Scotland)

Step back in time to the 1990s with BBC Scotland

New channel BBC Scotland is offering up some comedy classics with a time-travelling trawl back to the 90s for Saturday nights. On Saturday, May 18,...

The judges head east to find Home of the Year

The sixth edition in the search for Scotland’s Home Of The Year takes the judging team to the east. On Wednesday, the BBC Scotland show...

The rise and sad fall of Scottish darts star Jocky Wilson

For years, Scotsman Jocky Wilson was one of the leading darts players in the world. BBC Scotland is to feature the troubled life of the...
Members of a covert water bailiff team from  The Salmon Fisheries Protection Board who work under the cloak of darkness pulling in a net left by a poacher (Photo: Christopher Furlong)

Poaching is a danger to Scotland’s food economy

Poaching is back – only now the traditional one-for-the-pot merchant has been joined by organised criminal gangs systematically looting our natural larder. Thought to be...
Orphans Reunited (from left) Douglas Henshall (Michael), Stephen McCole (John) Rosemarie Stevenson (Sheila) and Gary Lewis (Thomas) (Photo: Hopscotch Films)

Peter Mullan’s Orphans find a new ‘home’

Scottish movie classic Orphans – released 20 years ago this month – is being celebrated by BBC Scotland. The recently launched channel is screening the...
Paddleboarding at the Port Edgar open weekend (Photo: Mike Wilkinson)

Port Edgar open weekend brings fun on the water

More than 500 watersports taster sessions, shopping, streetfood, DJs and kids’ activities will be on the menu at this year’s Port Edgar open weekend on...

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