Snow, Solo Camping and Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance

Some people have found themselves unable to get out and about due to heavy snowfall this week. Rachel meets Cameron Black, based in Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, who has been voluntarily clearing streets with his own plough.

Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance has unveiled the most advanced helicopter air ambulance of its type in the UK, which operates from a base in Aberdeen. The new helicopter offers greater range and night vision technology. Mark heads to Dyce to chat to the crew.

Community Off-Road Transport Action Group is a group of volunteers in 4x4s who have been helping to deliver medication and get NHS staff to work in the snowy conditions. Rachel joins volunteer Calum Auld to learn how the group have been helping those most in need in the north east of Scotland.

Birds don’t have access to the same quantities of food and water in the wintry weather. Mark and Rachel are joined by Richard Humpidge, site manager at RSPB Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve in Aberdeenshire, to discuss what we can do to help garden birds at this time of year.

Rachel is in Govanhill in Glasgow to discover how new project Creative Canopies is aiming to create a dispersed orchard. Rachel meets Simone Stewart from Govanhill Baths Community Trust, who explains how the project contributes to tree equity.

In this week’s podcast excerpt, Mark sketches old trees in Haddo Country Park, Aberdeenshire, with artist Tansy Lee Moir.

Fiona MacBaine from Inverness is known online as Fiona in the Wild, where she documents her solo wild camping adventures. Phil Sime and Morven Livingstone wrap up to track Fiona down on the banks of Loch Ness.

Mark takes a wander through his local area to contemplate the wintry scene and the potential impacts on people and wildlife.