Aberdeen's folklore is filled with tales of selkies inhabiting its coastal shores. Selkies are mythical beings that appear as seals in the water but can shed their skin and become beautiful humans ...

Nora Fingscheidt does a fantastic job of bringing Amy Liptrot’s poetic memoir to the screen, helped in no small part by the transcendent Saoirse Ronan.

Wendy Gomersall travels to Shetland to achieve her lifelong ambition to see the most adorable of Scotland’s mammals in the ...

Known as "selkies" in Scotland, they feature in folklore around the coasts of both countries. In Ireland some specific family names for example Conneelys (Ó Conghaile) are linked with them.

Chev ewe lambs – Culrain Mains £122; No 5 Ordan £122; West Achanhannet £120; Carnmhor £98; Rhinamain £98; Strathkyle £96. Other breeds – Airdens £123, £110; Heatherlea 122, £111, £100; The Selkies ...