Dougie Maclean is being made an OBE in the ceremony hosted by the Queen at Holyrood Palace A musician, a painter and a judo veteran are among the Scots receiving honours from the Queen at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
Leading figures in the arts, medicine, sport and charity are being recognised in the investiture taking place at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Dougie Maclean, best known for penning folk ballad Caledonia, and artist John Lorie Morrison are being made OBEs.
Edinburgh pensioner George Kerr becomes a CBE for services to judo.
One of the country's foremost experts in the sport, he is president of the British Judo Association.
When his award was announced in the New Years Honours List the 73-year-old grandfather-of-two said he was "ecstatic".
Mr Maclean, from Perthshire, said it was "a great thrill" to be recognised after 36 years in the music business.
Glasgow-born Mr Morrison, who paints under the name Jolomo, described his OBE as "a simply marvellous honour".
George Kerr, 73, is being honoured for his services to judo From the field of medicine, Dr George Crooks, medical director of NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service, is being honoured for services to healthcare.
Magnus MacFarlane Barrow was included in the honours for his services to the Mary's Meals charity.
He founded the charity, which aims to give the world's poorest children a meal a day, following an encounter with the children of a woman dying from Aids in Malawi in 2002.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will host a garden party at the Palace later.
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