Acknowledgements

Le Buidheachas Do

Editor

Phil Baarda

 

Language Advisors

Roddy Gorman – translation, poetry

Roddy Maclean – consultant and translation

Tristan Ap Rheinallt

 

Species Advisors

Colin Bean – Freshwater ecosystems

Matt Davey – High altitude algae

Chris Ellis - Plants and lichens

Chris de Feu –Slugs, snails and plants

David Genney – Fungi, lichens

Les Hatton - Bats

Liz Holden - Mycology

David Hill – Butterflies and moths

Alan Knox – Birds

Iain MacDonald – Orchids

Craig McAdam – Odonata, invertebrates in general

Bob McGowan – Birds

Jim McIntosh- Plants

Tom Prescott - Butterflies and moths

Phil Taylor- Marine life

Anthony Weatherhill - Birds

Alistair Whyte – Plantlife

Jonathan Willet – Dragonflies and Damselflies

 

Advisory Organisations

The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

British Trust for Ornithology, Scotland

British Mycological Society

Buglife

Butterfly Conservation

National Museums of Scotland

National Biodiversity Network

NatureScot

Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh

Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Scottish Ornithologists Club

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And Thanks To

Michael Bauer

 

References

BTO Birdfacts https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts

Learn Gaelic https://learngaelic.scot/dictionary/index.jsp

NatureScot list of Gaelic Names https://www.nature.scot/about-naturescot/access-information-and-services/gaelic/dictionary-gaelic-nature-words

Am Faclair Beag  https://www.faclair.com

A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Jobling J. Oxford Univ Press1991

The Birds of Scotland. Forrester & Andrews et al. Scottish Ornithologists Club 2007

A Dictionary Of Word Roots And Combining Forms. Borrar J. Mayfield Publications Co. California 1988 for Ohio State University.

Avibase  https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/

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