Robin And Blue Tit Bird On Summer Monday Visit To My Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer Monday wildlife nature camera travel video clip of the sight and sounds of a much loved Robin and Blue Tit bird spotted eating on a morning visit and trip to my Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Yes, you can see robins in the summer, though they might be less visible compared to other seasons. While they are active year-round in many areas, they tend to be more reclusive during the midsummer moult in July and August. With its bright red breast ithe Robin bird is a familiar visitor to my garden. There are tales stretching back to Norse mythology where the robin is the protector from storms and lightning. And in Celtic folklore the robin is known as the Oak King of Summer. The well known phrase, " When robins appear, loved ones are near ", alludes to the belief that the robin is a messenger. When robins are seen, some people take comfort that loved ones are at peace, and many believe that their lost loved ones are visiting 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. #summer #scotland #nature #shortsvideo #birdsong @tourscotland ​ All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking In Rain By Standing Stones On History Visit To Island Of Arran Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking in rain by Standing Stones on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Island Of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Britan, United Kingdom. Stone circles in Scotland, primarily built during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, roughly 3,000 - 2,000 BC, are fascinating remnants of ancient ceremonial and ritual practices. These enigmatic structures, often found in prominent locations, were part of a wider landscape of ritual sites including timber structures and burial cairns. While their exact purpose remains a subject of study, evidence suggests they were used for astronomical observations, religious ceremonies, and possibly as places for burial and cremation. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. #scotland #shortsvideo #kilts #neolithic #bronzeage #island @tourscotland ​ All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking In Rain By Waterfall On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking in the rain by a waterfall on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Much of Scotland is mountainous and western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. There's no escaping the fact that Scotland has a lot of water. The rain that the nation is famous for is not always a bad thing, as it used for whisky, it means there are never droughts, and it also means an abundance of beautiful waterfalls. The Highlands lie to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs from Arran to Stonehaven. This part of Scotland is largely composed of ancient rocks from the Cambrian and Precambrian periods which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to 3 billion years old. The overlying rocks of the Torridon Sandstone form mountains in the Torridon Hills such as Liathach and Beinn Eighe in Wester Ross.These foundations are interspersed with many igneous intrusions of a more recent age, the remnants of which have formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and the Cuillin of Skye. A significant exception to the above are the fossil-bearing beds of Old Red Sandstone found principally along the Moray Firth coast and partially down the Highland Boundary Fault. The Jurassic beds found in isolated locations on Skye and Applecross reflect the complex underlying geology. They are the original source of much North Sea oil. The Great Glen is formed along a transform fault which divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The entire region was covered by ice sheets during the Pleistocene ice ages, save perhaps for a few nunataks. The complex geomorphology includes incised valleys and lochs carved by the action of mountain streams and ice, and a topography of irregularly distributed mountains whose summits have similar heights above sea-level, but whose bases depend upon the amount of denudation to which the plateau has been subjected in various places. 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 #scotland #scotsman #waterfall #highlands #kilt #sporran #shortsvideo @tourscotland ​ All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Road Trip Drive With Music To Friarton Bridge On History Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of cloudy weather road trip drive North on the M90 motorway to cross the Friarton Bridge on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The steel box girder bridge with a concrete deck, across the River Tay was constructed by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company with Miller Group as the foundation and concrete sub contractor, while it was designed by Freeman Fox & Partners, with the team being led by Dr Oleg Kerensky and the resident engineer H Binnie. The site manager for Cleveland was J Robinson and for Miller it was R Gormley. Oleg Aleksandrovich Kerensky, Оле́г Алекса́ндрович Ке́ренский; born 16 April 1905, died 25 June 1984, was a Russian civil engineer, one of the foremost bridge designers of his time. Kerensky was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, the son of future Russian prime minister Alexander Kerensky, who survived the events of the Russian Civil War and emigrated to Paris in 1918. Both Oleg and his younger brother Gleb graduated as engineers in 1927, and both settled in the United Kingdom. As an associate of Dorman Long, Kerensky assisted on the landmark 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge. As an associate, and then a partner, in the firm Freeman Fox & Partners, Kerensky designed many British road bridges and structures such as the 1951 temporary Dome of Discovery in London, the largest dome in the world. He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1970 and won their Gold Medal in 1977. After his death in London, the same institution began their Kerensky Memorial Conferences beginning in 1988. He was made a C.B.E. in 1964 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1970. Kerensky was the father and namesake of dance critic Oleg Kerensky, Jr, born 1930, died 1993. Oleg Junior was in the 1981 film Reds portraying his grandfather when he was the head of the Russian Provisional Government. Friarton Bridge which spans the River Tay forms part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. in the distance you can see Kinnoull Hill a popular walking area by Perth. The M90 motorway runs from junction 1a of the M9, at the south end of the Queensferry Crossing Road Bridge, to Perth, passing Dunfermline and Kinross on the way. It is the most northerly motorway in the United Kingdom.#scotland #scottish #summer #bagpipes #music #drivingtrip @tourscotland ​ All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Aberargie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a cloudy weather road trip drive from the Pictish Round Tower in Abernethy, West on the A913 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the hamlet of Aberargie, Perthshire, Brtain, United Kingdom. Aberargie, Scottish Gaelic: Obar Fhargaidh, is recorded in the Pictish Chronicle as part of Nechtan's land grant in 460AD, and may have been in existence for much longer. Archaeological surface finds from fields in the vicinity of the village range from neolithic flints, to the full range of Scottish Medieval Pottery and flintlock rifle and pistol flints. Further indicating an extensive period of settlement and activity in the area. MacNaughton is an ancient Pictish Scottish surname. It is derived from the Pictish name Nechtan. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Neachdainn, which means son of Nechtan. The surname MacNaughton was first found in Argyllshire, Gaelic erra Ghaidheal, the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, where they held lands at Lochow and Loch Fyne, called Glenera, Glenshira, and Glen Fyne. McNaughton has been spelled MacNaughton, McNachton, MacNaghten, MacNechten, Notton, Norton and many more. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. #scotland #summer #bagpipes #music #drivingtrip @tourscotland ​ All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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