In Scotland, and to some extent in North East England, burn is a name for a stream which is less than a river. The name is Anglo-Saxon (Old English or Ynglis) in origin. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... North East England is one of the regions of England. ... Running Stream The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ... The Murray River in Australia. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Ynglis or Inglis is a name for the Anglian language of the historic Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria whose territory is divided now between England and Scotland. ...
Also in Scotland, larger streams may be called waters rather than rivers.
However, the stream did not have a suitable habitat for the sustained survival of the wild fish because the best spawning and rearing habitat, including ponds, were inaccessible to fish.
The stream was also channelized in the 1920s when the golf course was built, which destroyed the natural, healthy meander pattern of the stream and resting and spawning areas for fish.
As a direct result of the Wee Burn Project, fish are now being seen in parts of the stream and ponds that have been inaccessible since 1928, and two crops of wild coho salmon and steelhead trout smolts that spawned in the new habitat have migrated to the open sea.