Botanical Village Names in Gaelic Scotland
In this Scotland’s Nature blog post (31 July 2025) Roddy Maclean looks at settlements that are named for trees and other plants. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Particularly Windy Places in a Decidedly Windy Land
Roddy Maclean looks at references to wind on the Gaelic landscape of Scotland, in this Scotland’s Nature blog (25 April 2025). Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Seileach, Saileach and Salach: tracking down willows in history and heritage
In this Scotland’s Nature blog (26 March 2025) Roddy Maclean looks at the native willows in Gaelic tradition. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Murmurs, Shouts and Whistles
In this post on Scotland’s Nature (21 February 2025), Roddy Maclean explores sounds in the Gaelic landscape of the Scottish Highlands.
Gaelic crabs?
In this post on Scotland’s Nature (30 January 2025) Roddy Maclean investigates native species of crab as viewed through the eyes of the Gael.
Native oyster education materials, and in Gaelic too!
NatureScot has developed activity sheets to download and print. This is to support understanding about our native oysters and associated marine life. These education resources are also available in Gaelic. These have been developed as part of a partnership project researching the biodiversity of Scottish Native Oyster habitats.
No ‘Weeds’ in the Land of the Docken!
In this post in Scotland’s Nature (19 December 2024) Roddy Maclean describes how the humble docken substantiates the lack of a word in Gaelic for ‘weed’. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Green careers that we can all dig
Read this post in Scotland’s Nature (5 November 2024). Ahead of this week's Green Careers Week, The NatureScot Peatland ACTION workforce development team were discovering the digger drivers, ecologists, project designers and surveyors of the future This event was aimed at beginner speakers of Gaelic in early secondary school years. [...]
