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Scotland Outdoors

Birds of New Zealand - Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith connect with Alison Ballance of Radio New Zealand

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Alison shares her remarkable collection of NZ bird sounds and shares her stories.

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0:00.0

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0:09.3

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0:17.6

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0:22.0

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0:27.4

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0:32.8

Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello and thank you very much for downloading the Scotland

0:37.4

Outdoors podcast, brought to you by BBC Radio Scotland.

0:41.1

I'm Mark Stephen.

0:42.2

I'm actually broadcasting from my back garden in my home in Aberdeenshire, and the flowers are still in bloom,

0:49.1

the sky is overcast.

0:50.4

Where I am is actually quite chilly.

0:52.2

I'm feeling a bit on the cool side this morning.

0:54.8

Further north is Mr. E McElwreff.

0:57.2

Yeah, we're broadcasting from what's become known as the BBC, the Banff Broadcasting Corporation.

1:03.2

I'm in my garden as well. I've got a blackbird. He's about 15 feet from me. You've got a

1:08.3

robin in the tree. I've got the swallows around, the wood pigeons are nesting.

1:11.6

I had a visit from the badger last night who, interestingly had to go at my barbecue

1:16.6

because they'll be rearing cubs at the moment, so they're rampaging all over the country.

1:21.6

Sky is just beginning to break up. It's going to be a lovely morning. As you know, we've had a fantastic spell of weather here

1:28.3

in Scotland for it seems like weeks now. And we've both been just really appreciating wildlife,

1:35.0

learning about birdsong and stopping and listening and appreciating. Highlights for me this morning,

1:40.8

I had a wagtail come up to me within about six feet away. I was, I mean, I was just sitting

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