Mallard Ducks Crossing A Road On Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K wildlife nature camera travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music of Mallard Ducks crossing a road on a dreich visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Dreich is Scottish word from Dull and Cloudy weather.The Mallard, anas platyrhynchos, is the most familiar and widespread species of dabbling duck bird in Europe, including Britain and Ireland. Mallards are adaptable waders who live happily in tiny ponds in towns and cities as well as in marshes and wetlands in the wider countryside. Males and females are not alike. The male has a distinctive bottle green head, a white collar, purple-brown breast and grey on the wings and underparts. The female has mottled brown plumage. Mallards are sociable ducks. The Mallard's adaptability to different types of environments has allowed them to spread to towns and cities. Some in parks and lakes can become very tame, especially if they are regularly fed by humans. Both the male and female have blue wing bars, edged in black and white. The male's bill is greenish yellow and the female's bill is orange brow 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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Autumn Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Ardler Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, history visit to Ardler, in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Ardler village is located three miles to the east of Coupar Angus, and approximately equidistant between the latter and Meigle. The village was founded in the 1830s by the radical thinker George Kinloch who planned to develop a marketing centre for Strathmore on the railway line linking Dundee and Coupar Angus. Originally naming it Washington after the American president, Kinloch intended the streets to take the names of well known political and philosophical heroes from William Wallace to Benjamin Franklin. Kinloch did not live to see the completion of the village which failed to prosper. Following the establishment of a church and the foundation of the Parish of Ardler in 1885, the name Ardler superseded that of Washington. 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. According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of Autumn or Fall always falls on September 1. If you follow the astrological calendar, however, Autumn or Fall begins on Saturday, September 23 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Autumn Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Newtyle Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the B954 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Newtyle in Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. After Auchterhouse the road climbs into the Sidlaw Hills where the road finds a pass to go through so the gradient is not steep, although the road is rather winding in places. Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus. It lies 11 miles to the north of Dundee in the south west of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Heather Hill in the Sidlaws. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a north west aspect. The present Newtyle parish church was built in 1870 on the site of one built in 1767. The earliest-recorded church was granted to Arbroath on its foundation by William the Lion in 1178, and it was dedicated to an unknown saint by Bishop de Bernham in 1242. 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. According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of Autumn or Fall always falls on September 1. If you follow the astrological calendar, however, Autumn or Fall begins on Saturday, September 23. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Rural Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive on mostly a single track road with places, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. Angus is the ancestral home of the Clan Ogilvy. In the 14th and 15th centuries the Ogilvys became hereditary sheriffs of Angus. A son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse was killed in a clan battle with the Clan Robertson in 1394 and Ogilvys also fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Sir Patrick Ogilvy commanded the Scottish forces that fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English, and he was styled Viscomte d'Angus. In 1425 Sir Walter Ogilvy, younger son of Ogilvy of Wester Powrie, was appointed High Treasurer of Scotland. The Clan Ogilvy, supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Seton, Clan Gordon and the Clan Forbes fought at the Battle of Arbroath on 24 January 1445 against the Master of Crawford and his Clan Lindsay. James Ogilvy, the eldest son of the fourth Lord was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547. In 1615 Saint John Ogilvie was hanged at Glasgow Cross. In 1639 the seventh Lord Ogilvy was created Earl of Airlie. The Clan Ogilvy supported the Stuart cause and joined the Earl of Mar in the Jacobite rising of 1715. David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie is the present chief of the Ogilvie clan and served as Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. Royal links were also reinforced when Angus Ogilvy, the brother of the chief, married HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent. There are many people of the Ogilvy or Ogilvie family living in various places all over the world, such as Australia, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico and Cyprus. This road is only wide enough for one vehicle. It has special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, try to pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. 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. According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of Autumn or Fall always falls on September 1. If you follow the astrological calendar, however, Autumn or Fall begins on Saturday, September 23 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Perth Road Dundee Tayside Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive down Perth Road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Dundee, Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. Perth Road has traditionally been fairly affluent with many large Edwardian period houses. Residents in 1900 on this road included the watchmaker William Hunter; Miss McNaughton, who owned a wool warehouse, and the telegraphist Christian Duncan. The rise of the textile industries in Dundee brought with it an expansion of supporting industries, notably of the whaling, maritime and shipbuilding industries and extensive development of the waterfront area started in 1815 to cope with increased demand for port capacity. At its height, 200 ships per year were built there, including Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic research vessel, the RRS Discovery. While the city's economy was dominated by the jute industry, it also became known for smaller industries. Most notable among these were James Keiller's and Sons, established in 1795, which pioneered commercial marmalade production, and the publishing firm DC Thomson, which was founded in the city in 1905. Dundee was said to be built on the three Js': Jute, Jam and Journalism. 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. According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of Autumn or Fall always falls on September 1. If you follow the astrological calendar, however, Autumn or Fall begins on Saturday, September 23 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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