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Red grouse, Cairngorm
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Cairngorms in summer
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Cairngorm, taken by Lorna Beattie
03 July 2018
An Lochan Uaine, Glen More
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Cairngorms in summer
An Lochan Uaine, Ryvoan Pass, Glen More near Loch Morlich, taken by Lorna Beattie. On the left is a magnificent example of a scree slope which has been partially consolidated by the growth of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees.
30 July 2018
Red grouse, Cairngorm
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Cairngorms in summer
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Cairngorm, taken by Lorna Beattie.
03 July 2018
Loch Morlich and Rothiemurchus Forest, Speyside
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Cairngorms in summer
Loch Morlich and Rothiemurchus Forest, Speyside, taken by Lorna Beattie
02 July 2018
Capercaillie female on nest
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Cairngorms in summer
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) female on nest, taken by Charles Eric Palmar in the 1950s
01 May 1950
CEP Capercaillie nest c6
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Cairngorms in summer
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) nest with six eggs, taken by Charles Eric Palmar in the 1950s
01 May 1950
Blackface sheep on a turnip crop with rainbow, near Aviemore
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Cairngorms in summer
Blackface sheep on a turnip crop with rainbow, near Aviemore
29 October 2012
Roe Deer buck, Insh Marshes
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Cairngorms in summer
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck, Insh Marshes RSPB Reserve. Only the bucks (males) have antlers, with up to three points on each. Roe deer vary in coat colour throughout the year, being most obvious in the summer when their coats are bright rusty red. In winter, their coats turn a dull, slate grey colour.
13 July 2009
Dotterel standing
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Cairngorms in summer
Found on a Cairngorm plateau on the last day of June after the nesting season, Dotterel are quite confiding, but you mustn't stay long or you risk disturbing them.
30 June 2008
Dotterel crouching
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Cairngorms in summer
While standing on a Cairngorm plateau looking through binoculars for Ptarmigan, this bird came and sat down only a few metres away. It was right at the end of June after the nesting season. I took a quick shot then moved away immediately, to save any disturbance.
