SETTLED WEATHER, SETTLED MOUNTAIN HARES

A fine sunrise over The Cairngorms

Fine light for Mountain Hare photography

Nothing quite like a Sunday morning stretch

Afternoon cloudscapes over Sgor Gaoithe

Mesmerising clouds

Great feet for tunnelling snow

Some posing for me

Alert ears

The high pressure now over most of The Highlands bringing a welcome settled spell of mostly dry weather. Despite the isobars spreading out it is still quite windy on the high tops. With a forecast of some nice sunny weather again, I ventured to the lower Monadhliath again for some more Mountain Hare photography. A fabulous dawn with some great light across the snowfields. I quite quickly spotted one individual Hare. He looked very settled in his wee snow shelter he's constructed. I spent over 1 hour with this chap. He was content and quite happy just pondering what I was up to. He did move around, but only to his other snow hole he'd obviously made earlier, just 2 metres away. Between mooching about, stretching and posing he just sat about and was very photogenic. With the beautiful light and good snow cover it was probably the g=finest photography session I have ever had with these wonderful animals. What a privilege.