Coal Tit Birds On Winter Visit To Feeder In Cottage Garden Scone By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of Coal Tits eating on a morning visit and trip to my bird feeder in my cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The coal tit bird is mainly found in coniferous woodland, but can also be spotted in gardens and parks. Coal tits are active feeders, hunting out insects and spiders among the smaller branches and leaves of trees in woodlands. But they are also well adapted to gardens and towns and will visit bird tables and feeders. In winter, they form flocks with other tits, roaming woodlands and gardens. The coal tit is grey above and buff below, with white cheeks, a black cap and a white neck patch. Whether you live in town or country, you can help to look after garden birds by providing food and water for them. Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Dreich Early Winter Road Trip Drive On Visit To Kettlebridge Howe Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of an early Winter dreich road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to Kettlebridge in the Howe of Fife. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather. Kettlebridge is situated to the south of the River Eden on the A914 road between Glenrothes and Cupar. Formerly known as Holekettle, it developed after the building of the turnpike road in 1800 and the opening of the railway to Cupar in 1847. The village was a were centres of the linen trade while coal, lime and stone were worked nearby. The Howe of Fife is the name given to the fertile farming area of central Fife in the valley of the River Eden between Strathmiglo and Cupar. The term howe is derived from an old Scots word meaning a hollow, valley or flat tract of land. The ancient Viking-Scottish name Kettle is derived from the old Norse personal name of Ketill or from the old Danish personal name of Ketil. The surname Kettle was first found in Perthshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland. However, one of the first records of the family was found further south in England where William Ketel was a medieval English writer and clergyman. Some spelling variations of the name Kettle include Kettle, Ketley, Kettles, Ketill and others. James Kettle, born 1802, was convicted in London, England for life for theft, and transported aboard the Baring in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; Charles Henry Kettle, aged 18, arrived in Port Nicholson, New Zealand, aboard the ship Oriental in 1840; Thomas Kettle, aged 20, immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship Free Trader departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle on 20th August 1847; Richard Kettle arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, America, in 1635; Hugh Kettle landed in Virginia, America, in 1666; Margarita, Sarah and Wennell Kettle arrived in Philadelphia, America, in 1733; Peter Kettle, aged 10, landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1733; Norman Kettle arrived in San Francisco, California, America, in 1850. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Bagpipes Music By Loch Broom On History Visit To North Weat Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a Scottish piper playing bagpipes music by Loch Broom, Scottish Gaelic: Lochbraon, meaning loch of rain showers, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The bagpipes have a bag that holds air. The player keeps the bag full of air by blowing into it with a tube or pumping it with a bellows. To make music, the bag is pressed and the air comes out through a kind of flute or chanter. There are usually one or more other tubes coming from the bag that make sounds whenever the bag is squeezed, called drones. Each drone normally plays a different note, and stays on the same note the whole time it is playing, to play a harmony with the chanter. The sounds are made by a single or, more commonly, double reed which vibrates when air is blown over it. Bagpipes have been in continuous use across Europe, and especially in Great Britain, Ireland and North Western Spain. In Bulgaria, the bagpipes are called a Gaida. Although there are not many bagpipes today that existed prior to the 1800s there are a few examples that suggest they have existed since ancient times. A sculpture that dates to 1000 BC shows bagpipes. Other references to the bagpipes exist in written form dating to the 2nd century AD. The Great Highland Bagpipe or Piob Mhor, is an instrument with opposing harsh shrills and graceful tones, meant to be played outdoors, in the open countryside and it is well suited in inspiring Scotsmen, and women, on the field of battle and in the aftermath, mourning the fallen, or celebrating victory. Through history, pipers are remembered for being mortally or seriously wounded the latter whilst continuing to play in the face of adversity. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Winter Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of Winter morning drive through the narrow streets of Crail on ancestry, family history visit to the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The settlement of Crail dates from as far back as the Pictish period. Well settled by the 800s, Crail was a thriving town by the 1100s and was made a royal burgh by Robert the Bruce in 1310. He also gave it the right to hold markets on a Sunday. The surname Crail was first found in Cambridge, England, but the Crail variant may have come from much farther north in Fife, Scotland where the former royal burgh so named was derived from the Pictish word " caer " which meant fort.The Fife Coastal Walking Path runs from the Forth Estuary in the South, to the Tay Estuary in the North and stretches for 117 miles and includes Crail on the route. Neuk is the Scots word for nook or corne. The surname Crail is a nickname for a cross grained, ill tempered, or fractious person. The surname Crail may have been applied as a nickname for some who was crabby. Checking further we found the name was derived from the Old English word crabba, which means crab, or from the Old English word crabbe, which means wild apple. This latter reference implies that the origin may lie as a habitation name " one who lives near the wild apple trees. " Joseph Crail, born 1877, died 1938, was an American Republican politician, he served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish- American War; he became a Lawyer and U.S. Representative from California 10th District, from 927, to 1933 ; and a Candidate in the primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1932. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Arbroath RBLS Pipe Band Bathgate Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of Arbroath RBLS Pipe Band at the British Pipe Band Championships on visit to Bathgate, West Lothian. Their tartan is Red Lichtie. Pipe Major is Stephen Russell. Tunes include; Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering, The Piper's Cave, Aspen Bank, Molly Connell, The Ale is Dear, Colonel MacLeod All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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