The Flow Country – Land of the Gael
In this NatureScot post (3 November 2023) , Roddy Maclean describes how the Gaelic language dominates the toponymic landscape of the ‘most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world’. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic
Planet Earth Noo Needs Oor Help
Climate Action Fife has teamed up with acclaimed Fife-based poet Len Pennie to highlight the urgent need to tackle the climate crisis. Planet Earth Noo Needs Oor Help is a short Scots poem written to support the call for climate action across Fife. The poem was performed and filmed on [...]
The charms of bluebells – or the ‘cuckoo’s shoe’ – in Gaelic
Listen and learn from this brief audio/ video Facebook post from NatureScot.
Spotted any badger activity this month?
This blogpost in Scotland’s Nature (25 October 2022) reveals aspects of the badger’s appearance in folklore and literature, and on Scotland’s Gaelic landscape. Read The Surly Animal of the Yellow Moon to discover links with badger activity and the full moon in October.
Kings and Queens in the Gaelic Landscape
In this Scotland’s Nature blog post (October 3, 2022) by NatureScot, Roddy Maclean looks at Gaelic ‘royal’ names in Scotland’s landscape.
How the language we use reflects our connection with nature
Check out this post on Funding Nature (10 June 2022) Nature has to be more than our labels. It describes two studies which show that being disconnected from nature is linked to simplistic thinking about nature.
Place names & their origins, in different languages
Would you like to understand more about the origins of Britain's place names? The John Muir Trust have shared Ordnance Survey's introductory pages in Scandanavian, Welsh, Scots and Gaelic.
A’ Ghàidhlig aig NàdarAlba / Gaelic within NatureScot
NatureScot has brought together some lovely Gaelic resources on one webpage. This showcases the enduring bond between Scotland's nature and Gaelic, with the language providing a unique insight and understanding of the world around us. This is a great resource to support learning around the Gaelic language, nature, Scotland’s places [...]
