A Moray attraction has thrown its doors open for the new summer season with a special bird exhibition inspired by a famous Scots poem.
Alongside the feathered creatures in galleries at the Falconer Museum, collections featuring favourite words from the language have also been created.
The “birds and wirds” display at the Forres attraction has been inspired by the 15th Century tale, The Buke of the Howlat, which tells the story of a young owl who asks a peacock for help to become beautiful.
The story was written in the 1440s by Richard Holland, who was chaplain to the Earl of Moray at the time.
Though already a firm favourite, the poem attracted fresh attention about two years ago when it was re-released.
Yesterday, dozens of children visited the museum to learn more about the Scots language and collections of rare species from across the globe.
The youngsters created their own bird puppets while learning the meaning of words from the timeless tale.
A new arts cart has also been added to the galleries to give young visitors the opportunity to dress up in colourful costumes.
Anne Owen, who is a development project officer at the museum, said: “This is an exhibition we’re going to have running right through the year and we’re planning lots of exciting things to have going on around it.
“We want to work with people to put on a special production of the story and also record bird song from the local area to accompany the exhibits.”
Another crafts and dress-up drop-in session will be run at the museum on Wednesday April 11 between 10am and noon.
