Make Space For Nature

NatureScot presents podcasts that celebrate Scotland's nature and landscapes. In each episode you'll find numerous ways to connect with - and protect - our amazing natural world. We want to inspire everyone to join the fight against climate change and reverse nature loss. Immerse yourself and #MakeSpaceForNature in your life. www.nature.scot

Make Space For Nature is a science podcast hosted by NatureScot, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

NatureScot hosts Make Space For Nature, a science show with 68 episodes published.

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  Episode #62

  The Will in the Willows: Restoring Ben Lui’s Rare Mountain Plants

  Jul 29, 202618 minS2

  High on the slopes of Ben Lui in the Southern Highlands, a quiet restoration is underway. In this episode, we join volunteers and NatureScot staff for a day of tree planting on one of Scotland's finest National Nature Reserves. Peter Kelly, Operations Officer at NatureScot, tells us all about the effort to bring back montane scrub — a rare habitat of dwarf trees and low shrubs that once covered Scotland's uplands but has been pushed to the edge of extinction by centuries of intensive grazing. From spiky exclosures and GPS-collared cattle to the painstaking work of planting woolly and downy willow on steep crags in all weathers, this episode explores what it really takes to restore a lost piece of Scotland's natural landscape — and why it matters.

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  Episode #60

  Secrets in the Sand: Findhorn Dunes Rewilded

  Jun 9, 202630 minS2

  A sand dune can look lifeless but is actually one of the most important places for biodiversity in Scotland. We head to the Moray coast to explore the Findhorn Hinterland, where a small, determined local charity is restoring dunes, grassland and woodland while keeping the whole community involved. Along the way we hear why Nature 30 recognition matters for safeguarding the site, and why conservation success can start right on your doorstep. We’re joined by Jonathan Caddy from the Findhorn Hinterland Trust, who shares the long story of this landscape, from childhood memories to today’s hands-on habitat management across a 50-hectare mosaic. He explains what it takes to run a community conservation organisation, how volunteering keeps momentum, and why environmental education with local schools is central to long-term nature recovery. Then Alan Watson Featherstone, founder of Trees for Life, brings us into the tiny world that most of us miss: lichens, fungi and invertebrates that hold ecosystems together. Ecologist Sean Wade walks us through sand dune restoration in practical detail, including the challenge of scrub encroachment, the need for early successional habitats, and the careful work of creating new bare sand that rare species can use for decades. Subscribe for more stories from Scotland’s wild places, share this with someone who loves the coast, and leave us a review with your favourite moment from the conversation.

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  Episode #59

  Nature Networks: Meet the People Connecting Communities and Habitats Across Scotland

  May 24, 202627 minS2

  <p>A city park can look ordinary until you realise it's part of a much bigger plan. From Leith Links in Edinburgh, we explore how a citywide Nature Network is being built to tackle biodiversity loss, prepare for climate change, and make neighbourhoods healthier and more beautiful.</p><p>Fiona Leith chats to Alexandra Hoadley, Ecologist and Greenspace Development Officer at the City of Edinburgh Council, who explains how mapping and local knowledge has become an action plan of 200-plus projects — including how planters and small habitat patches can matter as much as big parks. Her favourite example: the northern br...

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  Episode #58

  Scotland Uncovered — One Week in Scotland: The Ultimate Road Trip Itinerary with Greig McBride

  May 12, 202618 minS2

  <p>In this episode, we chat to Greig McBride, creator of 'Scotland Uncovered', who makes the case that rain and mist aren't obstacles to enjoying Scotland — they're part of what makes it extraordinary.</p><p>Greig shares a practical one-week itinerary taking in Loch Lomond, Glencoe, the west coast, and the Cairngorms, alongside an honest conversation about the pressures of overtourism on places like Skye and the NC500 — and why quieter islands like Mull, Lewis and Harris, Orkney, and Shetland deserve far more love.</p><p>He also explores small but meaningful ways to care for Scotland's nature, whether at home...

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  Episode #58

  Clever, Adaptable and in Crisis: The Truth About Scotland's Gulls

  Mar 23, 202630 minS2

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