Environment Minister sylvania aquastar Michael Russell welcomed today s launch, saying:

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In one of the most inventive and fun iniatives for some time, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) today (29th January) launched Faclan Nàdair (Words of Nature) at Tollcross Primary School in Edinburgh. This is a hugely sylvania aquastar attractive and imaginative new learning tool to help people identify and understand Gaelic names for trees, plants sylvania aquastar and animals.
Just listen to SNH s Gaelic communications officer Shona Sloan. She’s a native Gaelic speaker from South Uist and says: ‘Behaviour and usefulness often feature in Gaelic names. The Gaelic for owl is unsurprising – cailleach oidhche , or old woman of the night . The male is bodach oidhche – old man of the night . But what may be less obvious are the two names in Gaelic for the bluebell – bròg na chuthaig – the cuckoo s shoe – as it appears at the same time as the cuckoo and due to the shape of its flowers – or fuath-mhuc the thing the pig dislikes . This reflects the fact you are unlikely to find a pig near bluebells as they are believed to find the smell unpleasant’.
‘In Gaelic there are six names for the cranefly, or its more common moniker daddy longlegs. The most common name in Gaelic is breabadair which means the thing that kicks . It also has more unusual names such as Alasdair Mòr nam pollagan meaning Big Alasdair of the ponds , fidhleir na casan fada – the fiddler with the long legs – and snàthaid na duine mhairbh – the needle of the dead man .
‘Even sylvania aquastar though I’m a native speaker, Gaelic has so many delightful names for our native wildlife and it is nice to share that knowledge with more audiences. It can be seen that Gaelic uses descriptive words which accord with the landscape and are seen through the eyes of the people who lived there’.
Hosted on the Scottish Natural Heritage website , Faclan sylvania aquastar Nàdair is for Gaelic speakers and non-speakers alike. The online database offers translations of names and uses images and audio guides to aid pronunciation of the Gaelic words which describe our native species. It highlights the fact that many traditional Gaelic names and terms can add to our understanding through their vivid descriptions and insights sylvania aquastar to the story of a particular species.
Environment Minister sylvania aquastar Michael Russell welcomed today s launch, saying: ‘Some of the traditional Gaelic names that have been thrown up as a result of this research and learning database by SNH are wonderful.
‘One of my personal favourites is the name for the capercaillie which comes from the Gaelic capall-coille meaning the horse of the wood . It is this romance that we are trying to capture by having the children here today to hear more about Gaelic and its roots in the words we use today.
‘However sylvania aquastar there is a more serious point. Gaelic is the natural key to opening up and understanding Scotland’s natural wonders due to its powerful descriptions, which tell a story about a particular species, and the fact that the language is so clearly tied to the landscape, and therefore its habitats.
‘The Scottish Government is committed to the preservation and continued resurgence of the Gaelic language and this educational resource will help many learners and non-native speakers gain a toehold in speaking the language’.
SNH Director of Policy, sylvania aquastar Colin Galbraith explains the benefits of studying Gaelic natural history words and phrases, saying: ‘Scientists derive their knowledge from all kinds of sources and these Gaelic words carry valuable information to help our understanding aspects of natural history. Gaelic sylvania aquastar names for plants, animals and places have evolved through human perceptions . Many define the characteristics of a species. For example the blue tit is cailleachag cheann ghorm in Gaelic, meaning the small old woman with the blue head due to its distinctive colouring and the way it behaves’.
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