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At this time of year Troup Head nature reserve near Banff can class itself as a sea bird city. Mark visits when the annual bird count is underway.

The Royal Highland Show takes place next week in a somewhat different format – it’s online. We raid our archives and go back a few years to a Highland Show where Helen got up close to some rare breeds.

Trips doon the water are in the offing. We find out what plans are afoot for The Waverley in its 75th year.

Helen meets fiddler and composer Paul Anderson on his home turf in Upper Deeside to find out where he’s drawn to for inspiration. Paul mentions the ancient art of dowsing so we pose the question to the former President of the British Society of Dowsers – how does it really work?

Euan’s mystery bird continues to confuse and his first ever recording of a cuckoo on home soil ends rather abruptly!

Mark shares the joy of whiling away the hours fishing on the river Findhorn with the director of the local fishery trust, Bob Laughton.

Andy Howard is a wildlife photographer and his latest book is on that most elusive of creatures the otter. Mark and Helen visit Andy on the Beauly Firth hoping for a glimpse of one.