"See ma, there a Sea-Maw!"
Sea maw – a Scots name fir the sea-gull.Thon muckle black backit gull! #worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/MbrdUpWwcv
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017
"There a skarth"
Scots name fir a shag! #worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/DkfmFPeCUj
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017
"That's no a skarth, hit's a Black Dooker!"
Black Dooker, or a Sea Craw.
Some #Scots names fir the cormorant.#worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/siicKhCrzI
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017
#Scots hae hunners o names for the Ailsa or Bass cock: Coulter Neb, Tammie Norrie, Rid nebbit pussy!
Wee yins is pufflets #worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/fbEBPSRRar
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017
No raelly a #seabird A love tae see Pyot Pleeps doon at the watter. Kent as Mussel-pickers, skirly wheeter in #Scots tae! #worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/bzPIVMXw0i
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017
A ken monie birds bi their #Scots name first.Robin Jackson's bonnie buik's got hunners.Get it here:https://t.co/lhTqTf25m7 #worldseabirdday pic.twitter.com/IFKPi2AAJx
— Michael Dempster (@DrMDempster) July 3, 2017