Hairst 4: Harvest Moon.
Author: robinacrawford
Robin Crawford is an author and illustrator, with a particular interest in the culture and natural heritage of Scotland. His first book, ‘Into the Peatlands: A Journey Through the Moorland Year’, was published in 2018 and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. ‘Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers’ (2020) is a treasury of Scottish Words. His third book ‘The Sound of Many Waters, A Jjourney along the River Tay’ is published in June 2023 by Birlinn. He lives in Auchtermuchty, in Fife.
Fife peat journey
Fife peat journey.
Bog, a shadow world
Bog, a shadow world.
Hairst/hare/stubble
Hairst 3. The water pump is now silent. Its hose droops limply into the ditch that drained the water from the bog. The cropped wheat stubble is so dry the hare’s feet crackle as it lopes away.
Hairst 2
Hairst (Scots)- harvest. Hairst on the drained moss.
Welcome to the bog…keep off the bog.
Westering sun…
Ardbeg/Ardbog
Measuring the wetness of a bog
Measuring the wetness of a bog. Marie has been recording water levels on Bankhead Moss for years.




