Man with hens, possibly in Scottish region? (8)
I believe the answer is:
hebrides
'in scottish region?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'man with hens' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he' (pronoun for a man).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hens' becomes 'brides' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he'+'brides'='HEBRIDES'
'possibly' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hebrides that I've seen before include "Islands off north-west Scotland" , "Island group off NW Scotland" , "Isles?" , "His breed comes from west of Scotland" , "Strangely, his breed comes from Scottish archipelago" .)