Website
NatureScot
-
Recent Posts
- The five ingredients to a happier and healthier life revealed! May 16, 2022
- Enhanced Shepherding: Working together to find solutions to a complex issue May 12, 2022
- Flora Gadelica May 6, 2022
- Flora Gadelica May 6, 2022
- Yellow plant of Beltane May 3, 2022
Categories
Archives
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Enhanced Shepherding: Working together to find solutions to a complex issue
Lambing season on Scotland’s hills can be a challenging time for farmers and crofters. In this guest blog we hear from Freya King from Skye who has been delivering enhanced shepherding supported by the Sea Eagle Management Scheme, a measure … Continue reading
Flora Gadelica
Lightfoot’s Flora Scotica (1777) makes considerable reference to the uses of native trees by the Gaels. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig The Reverend John Lightfoot (1735-88) is rightly lauded for his seminal work Flora Scotica, published in 1777, which contributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Flora Gadelica
Tha cunntasan gu leòr mu bheul-aithris nan Gàidheal co-cheangailte ri craobhan ann am Flora Scotica le Iain Lightfoot (1777) Read in English Bithear a’ moladh an Urramaich Iain Lightfoot (1735-88) airson a shàr-obrach Flora Scotica, a chaidh fhoillseachadh ann an … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Lus buidhe Bealltainn
Tha na Gàidheil fhathast a’ comharrachadh na Bealltainn, co-dhiù le bhith ag ainmeachadh a’ chiad latha dhen Chèitean mar ‘Latha Buidhe Bealltainn’. Tha ‘buidhe’ an dà chuid na chomharra de dhath agus de dheagh fhortan (canaidh sinn ‘nach buidhe dhut’ … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, May, nature, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Leave a comment
Nathraichean Nimhe is Gliocais
Tha àite mòr aig an nathair ann am beul-aithris nan Gàidheal Read in English Bha na seann Ghàidheil gu math measail air tòimhseachain, agus seo eisimpleir de a leithid, ged nach bi e furasta do dhaoine anns an latha an-diugh … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged adders, Gaelic, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Leave a comment
Adders of Poison and Wisdom
Adders have a significant place in Gaelic folklore Leugh ann an Gàidhlig The old Gaels were very fond of puzzles, and here’s an example of one whose solution might not be immediately obvious to the modern eye or ear: Tha … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged adders, Gaelic, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Leave a comment
Celebrating our Machair
It’s fitting that even English speakers use a Gaelic word for a habitat that is such an icon of the Gàidhealtachd. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig In the dark depths of winter, perhaps it’s appropriate to remind ourselves of the light … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, machair, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, Gaelic, Habitats, Hebrides, machair, nature, NatureScot, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Uists, Western Isles
Leave a comment
Machraichean Bòidheach na h-Alba
Tha am facal ‘machair’ cho sònraichte ʼs gu bheil e air tighinn a-steach don Bheurla. Read in English Tha e math aig an àm seo dhen bhliadhna, nuair a tha na làithean dorch agus a’ ghrian ìosal, a bhith a’ … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, machair, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, crofting, Gaelic, habitat, Hebrides, machair, nature, NatureScot, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Western Isles
Leave a comment
Birds of Premonition
The Gaels traditionally viewed some bird behaviours as predictors of future events… Leugh ann an Gàidhlig Birds are active creatures whose lives intertwine regularly with our own. Some of our avian friends even make their homes in and around our … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
Leave a comment
Eòin nam Manaidhean
ʼS iomadh eun a dh’innseas dhuinn dè tha romhainn … Read in English Tha na ceanglaichean eadar eòin agus daoine gu math làidir. Nach tuirt ar sinnsearan gum b’ e Linn an Àigh nuair a bha Gàidhlig aig na h-eòin?! … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Folklore, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.