Young Blackbird On Early Spring Tuesday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short early Spring 4K Tuesday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a young male Blackbird spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. As the name suggests, male blackbirds are entirely black in colour. Males have a bright yellow bill and distinctive yellow eye ring. This widespread bird is a common visitor to United Kingdom gardens, and has adapted well to suburban areas, it’s often possible to get quite close. It can also be found in woodland and grassland areas, but you’re much less likely to see it on areas of higher ground and in some parts of Scotland, Common and widespread across Britain, the blackbird population is currently stable, although it has seen periods of decline in the past. One of the biggest threats is lack of food availability, particularly when the weather is dry. Leaving mealworms and ground feeder mix out on bird tables and planting bushes that attract caterpillars to your garden are great ways to help blackbirds. If you were to believe various myths and folktales, you’d find this solitary, territorial bird to be imbued with evil and supernatural powers. Welsh poet R. S. Thomas observed that there was “ a suggestion of dark Places ” about the blackbird that was at odds with its beautiful song. In the story of the life of Saint Benedict, the Devil was said to have come to tempt the saint in the form of a blackbird. The English nursery rhyme “ Sing a Song of Sixpence ” involves blackbirds “ baked in a pie ” which reanimate and sing when the pie is opened. One then flies out and pecks off the nose of a maid. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Old Photographs Port Askaig Island Of Islay Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Port Askaig, Scottish Gaelic: Port Asgaig, a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay,. Port Askaig serves as the main port of Islay, sharing passenger services to the Scottish mainland with Port Ellen. It also has a regular service to Feolin, Jura across the Sound of Islay, and in the summer there is also a weekly service via Colonsay to Oban. Port Askaig is the base of the Islay RNLI lifeboat which is called out ten to twelve times a year.. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Female Blackbird On Early Spring Tuesday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short early Spring 4K Tuesday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a female Blackbird spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Female blackbirds are brown often with spots and streaks on their breasts and brown beak. This widespread bird is a common visitor to United Kingdom gardens, and has adapted well to suburban areas, it’s often possible to get quite close. It can also be found in woodland and grassland areas, but you’re much less likely to see it on areas of higher ground and in some parts of Scotland, Common and widespread across Britain, the blackbird population is currently stable, although it has seen periods of decline in the past. One of the biggest threats is lack of food availability, particularly when the weather is dry. Leaving mealworms and ground feeder mix out on bird tables and planting bushes that attract caterpillars to your garden are great ways to help blackbirds. If you were to believe various myths and folktales, you’d find this solitary, territorial bird to be imbued with evil and supernatural powers. Welsh poet R. S. Thomas observed that there was “ a suggestion of dark Places ” about the blackbird that was at odds with its beautiful song. In the story of the life of Saint Benedict, the Devil was said to have come to tempt the saint in the form of a blackbird. The English nursery rhyme “ Sing a Song of Sixpence ” involves blackbirds “ baked in a pie ” which reanimate and sing when the pie is opened. 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. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Grey Squirrel On Early Spring Tuesday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short early Spring 4K Tuesday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a Grey Squirrel spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. As its name suggests, this squirrel typically has a grey coat with white undersides, though the coat colour can also be quite brown at times. Grey squirrels are mainly herbivorous, eating acorns, hazel nuts, berries, fungi, buds and shoots, and even bark. The grey squirrel was introduced to Great Britain in the middle of the 19th century. There is now an estimated population of 2 million making them much more common than the native red squirrel. They arrived in England from North America and are now one of Britain's most well known and frequently seen mammals, with an estimated population of 2 million. It is a myth that grey squirrels chase red squirrels away. Greys are just more adaptable to new surroundings. 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. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Glenduckie North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of an afternoon road trip drive, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the small village of Glenduckie in North Fife, Britain. United Kingdom. Glenduckie is located on the southern slopes of Glenduckie Hill which rises to a height of 715 feet, 3 miles east of Newburgh to the north of the A914 road to Cupar. King James IV granted to Andrew Ayton, or Aytoun, captain of Stirling Castle, and his heirs, lands of Glenduckie in barony of Ballinbreich, which lands George earl of Rothes had sold to the king in 1503. John McAndrew, son of David McAndrew, manufacturer, and Elizabeth Lister, was a carpenter in Glenduckie, He was respondent in an aliment case for a baby born in 1838. He married Isabella Millar in Dunbog on 18th November 1839. He emigrated to Sydney, Australia, in 1841, apparently leaving his family behind. David McAndrew died in 1846 in Monkston, Fife. Elizabeth died in 1863 in Ladybank. . William Rollo was born in Glenduckie. The Rollos were millers in Scotland, both when they lived in Fife and Dundee. They were converted to Mormonism in Dundee and decided to move to America. Brigham Young had established an immigration fund to help Mormon converts. William, who according to the ship records was 45 at the time. He left first aboard a steamship named Minnesota, out of Liverpool, England on September 4, 1872. His wife, Amanda and the rest of the family followed on June 4, 1813 on the Nevada. No deaths occurred at sea but 2 babies were born. They arrived in New York near Castle Garden on September 16, 1872. The next day the Saints went ashore. On the 18th, they boarded a train and traveled via Pittsburgh, Chicago, Omaha, etc. to Salt Lake. Halfway between Ogden and Salt Lake the train was me by Brigham Young and other leading men who immediately went through the cars bidding their brethren and sisters from afar a hearty welcome to Zion. On their arrival in Salt Lake City on September 26, 1872 they were taken to the Music Hall where a dinner was waiting for them. The Rollos then went to Morgan, Utah where he started a grist mill. From there they went to Huntsville, to Nephi and then to Santaquin. He ran grist mills in all these places. When William and Amanda grew old and could no longer do for themselves, Andrew and Alex who had migrated to Cedar City, took a wagon and team and moved them to Cedar City where he died in 1910. William Rollo was born somewhere around Glenduckie, Fife, in 1793. He enlisted in the British Army at 15 years of age and died in 1864. George Melville Boyd was born on 3 November 1821, in Glenduckie, the son of David Boyd and his wife Christian Melville. George was the seventh of nine known children. He was baptised on 2 December 1821, at Flisk. George died on 18 March 1897 at Smythesdale; he was 75 years old. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. 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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