A Gaelic Advent calendar
Plantlife Scotland share news of their project to bring life back to wild plant names and their uses and folklore. Check out their post Celebrating Scotland’s Natural Heritage with 25 Wild Plants: A Gaelic Advent Calendar 2021 (23 November 2021).
Scotland’s birds – Gaelic myths and omens
Scotland’s Nature (23 November 2021) article ‘Birds of Premonition’, explores how the Gaels traditionally viewed bird behaviour as predictors of future events.
Muigh san Aonach / Out in the Mountains
The John Muir Trust have shared the work of photographic and sound artist Judith Parrott. She explores the relevance of belonging for personal and environmental wellbeing in Gaelic culture. Read her essay, which also shares useful research findings, and find out more in the John Muir Trust’s Wild and Well [...]
Scottish waterfalls – what’s in a name?
Scotland’s Nature blog describes how ‘Eas’ in the Gaelic landscape marks a named waterfall in this post Land of Falling Water (20 October 2021). A range of Scottish waterfalls and places are illustrated, along with their Gaelic names.
Scotland’s new arrivals – in Gaelic
Giving Gaelic names to some of Scotland’s newly arrived nature is at the heart of a unique partnership project, supported by NatureScot and Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Read more in this post From The Bird’s Mouth in Scotland’s Nature blog.
Gaelic farming culture, past and future – audio episode
In this ‘Farmerama’ radio episode about Gaelic culture in the Highlands of Scotland, a farmer’s son, Col Gordon, learns about the pre-colonial attitudes of the Gaels towards the land. He discovers that people belong to the land, not the other way around. Col explores how we can find a way [...]
Leaping dolphins, or leumadair
This post in Scotland’s Nature (19 August 2021) also in Gaelic, shares information on the various species of dolphin which live around our Scottish coast - including the impressive Orca, or ‘Sea-wolf’!
Place-names of Inverness and Surrounding Area
NatureScot news (16 June 2021) announce the publication of this guide. It celebrates the cultural and natural heritage of the Highland capital by identifying and explaining the meaning behind many of the area's place-names.
