- is
often referred to just as the "curlew", and in
Scotland known as the "
whaup" in Scots. The
Eurasian curlew was
formally described by the
Swedish naturalist...
- the
village from
Beith and Burnhouse. The name,
first recorded in 1260,
may be
derived from the
Gaelic words Dun (a castle) and Luib (a bend). Therefore...
- (cuckoo) and
Loanends (where the
lanes end) in
County Antrim,
Crawtree (crow),
Whaup Island (curlew) and
Whinny Hill from 'whin' (gorse) in
County Down and the...
-
sacristy is a
stone exhibiting carved interlace Celtic style decoration that
may be part of an old cross. In 1912 an arch with a
chamfered edge lay between...
-
resume on the tide at
Southport in the
early 1960’s
however the loss of
Whaup No.39 and yet more
silting killed off the revival. In 1910 it was agreed...
- reivers,
including "The reiver's heart" (1903), "The raiders" (1904), "
Whaup o' the rede: a
ballad of the
border raiders" (1909), "Kirkhope Tower" (1913)...
- A
Scotch night, The Australian,
Summer country,
Kings of the earth, and
Whaup o' the rede.
Ogilvie was born at Holefield, near Kelso, Borders, Scotland...
-
within freshwater lochs and
rivers –
including tidal areas, so the
islands may not
always be
surrounded by freshwater. It has been
estimated that there...
-
hills that melt away and meet, With cotton-flowers that wave to us and lone
whaups that call, And over all the
Border mist – the soft mist over all. When Scotland...
-
interrupted by a
large flock of
whaups.
Angrily shouting at them, he is
accosted by a bird
calling itself a
Respectable Whaup that
wants to know why he has...
