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Jeremy Leggett is a former scientific director at Greenpeace who earlier this year purchased the 500-hectare Bunloit Estate near Loch Ness. Our Landward colleague Fiona Clark went to find out about his plans for Bunloit and how they differ from the more traditional ideas of running an estate.

Nan Shepherd’s book ‘The Living Mountain’ has been described as one of the finest pieces of nature writing ever written. Singer, songwriter and ecologist Jenny Sturgeon has just released an album inspired by the book. She was our Scotland Outdoors podcast guest and we have an excerpt from that recording.

Scotland has world-class access rights and over this past year, many of us have been enjoying the outdoors more than usual. But a recent survey carried out by the Scottish Outdoor Access Network suggests that there have been cutbacks in countryside access jobs. We find out more live.

Do you live in Badenoch & Strathspey, on the Small Isles or in Assynt & Coigach and want to share your ideas, experiences and hopes for the future? We find out about unique opportunities being offered by Bothy Project.

And sticking with the theme of bothies, our archive piece comes from 2015 when Mark took the ±«Óãtv Radio Scotland’s poet in residence Rachel McCrum to the Secret Howff in the Cairngorms.

Euan delves into the mystery and folklore surrounding the Rowan Tree- one of the trees most associated with having magical powers.

Our walk from around Scotland this week comes from Stuart McFarlane who takes us to Duns Castle estate in Berwickshire.

Euan hears memories of the last St Kildans who arrived on the mainland at Lochaline.

Mark has been researching creatures that glow in the dark and the fascinating reasons for why they do that.

And once again Euan teases us with a mystery bird.

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