Spring is coming!

A trip up Glengarry with a some local business people on Wednesday found a lot of activity on the wildlife front. We went looking for red deer which we found in abundance, as well as the whooper swans and goldeneye which I've been seeing throughout the winter. On top of that we also had pochard, widgeon, wild goats and amazingly a badger - in the middle of the day!

The badger was way up at the highest point of the glen, the last place I would expect to find one at night never mind during the day. After enquiring of a more knowledgeable friend, it transpires that for some reason it is not unusual to find badger, and pine marten way up on the tops of the mountains around here, though no reason has been established.



Plenty activity on the local black grouse leks just now though I haven;t been out Hopefully I'll be reporting the return of osprey, scoter and black throats very soon. Watch this space and pass it on,

Ian