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‘Sneachd’ air Aghaidh na Tìre / ‘Snow’ in the Gaelic Landscape
Faodaidh ainmean-àite le sneachd innse dhuinn mu àiteachan far an laigh an stuth geal sa gheamhradh, agus àiteachan a thaisbeanadh a dhearbhas dhuinn buaidh blàthachadh na h-aimsire / Gaelic place-names with sneachd can help to inform our understanding of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged Cairngorms, Gaelic, Glen Affric, mountains, NatureScot, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish landscapes, Scottish Natural Heritage, Snow, winter
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Eun a’ Chinn Duibh air a bheil ‘Ceann-fionn’ / The Black-headed ‘White Head’ Bird
Carson a tha na Gàidheil a’ gabhail ‘ceann-fionn’ air eun le ceann dubh? Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ feuchainn ris an gnothach a shoilleireachadh. / Why do Scotland’s Gaels call penguins ‘white-heads’, despite their being black-headed? Roddy Maclean investigates a nomenclatural … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, Land management, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged Auks, birds, entymology, Folklore, Gaelic, great auk, language, names, NatureScot, penguins, Roddy Maclean, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, seabirds
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The Graips of Sloth: the List of Winter Gardening Don’ts & Dos
This week, our gardener at our Battleby office, Jim Carruthers, shares some great tips on what to do – and NOT to do – to keep our gardens in good shape over winter. Many are tempted to atone for the excesses … Continue reading
Posted in battleby, gardens, plants, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged gardening, gardening tips, Scots language, winter, winter gardening tips
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Dualchas coitcheann / Common heritage
Am mìos seo bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air an fhacal ‘breac’ ann an litreachas na Gàidhlig. Tha ceangal aige ri iasg, lochan agus tòrr a bharrachd. / This month we look at the many uses of breac ‘speckled’ in Gaelic … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged Gaelic, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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A Scots language look at the redwing
Simon Hall is a Scots language expert and provides a guest blog today on one of our winter visitors – the Redwing. As he reveals below they are known as ‘windthrushes’ in some parts of Scotland, a very apt name … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity
Tagged Fieldfares, Redwing, Scots language, Snow buntings, Windthrushes
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A Scots-Orcadian take on Eynhallow
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Simon Hall, who has provided a posting written in Orcadian/Scots. Simon works as a teacher in Orkney and is currently seconded to Education Scotland as Scots Language Coordinator. His piece focuses on the marine … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged Education Scotland, Eynhallow, Orcadian, Orkney, Scots language, Simon Hall
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