In recent years, as temperatures have been rising around the world, wildlife has been on the move. In the UK this has meant some animal species moving north to Scotland, where they have not typically lived because the climate is colder there.
Traditionally, Scottish animals and plants don’t just have names in English but also in Scottish Gaelic, a language spoken in some areas of Scotland that dates back more than 1,500 years. Now scientists, researchers and Gaelic writers have come together for a project called From the Bird’s Mouth, which aims to give Gaelic names to newly arrived birds, plants and insects. Project leader Derek Robertson says it’s important to keep up the tradition because Gaelic has always been strongly connected to the natural world.
So far, one of…
