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| Fiacaill Buttress |
Last week I was down in Corsica for a week long trip. More on that in my next blog.
Back home in the Cairngorms it was a beautiful day in the Northern Cairngorms. Wall to wall sun and a perfect breeze for lovely temperatures up high.
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| Steep scrambling |
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| Fiacaill Coire Sneachda to myself |
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| Coire an Lochain |
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| Fine day for climbing |
Had a great scramble up the Fiacaill Coire Sneachda ridge, starting off in the steep boulderfields of Coire an t-sneachda to gain the ridge. There was a constant call and singing of several male Snow Bunting on the ridge. At one point I was eye level and just 1 metre away from a Bunting, on the steep section of scrambling.
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| Moss Campion |
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| Ciste Mhearad |
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| Beautiful mosses and liverworts |
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| Dwarf Cornel |
Later on in the day was the highlight. I found a female Ptarmigan with her 6 chicks. Absolutely beautiful. I spent over an hour at a safe distance with this wonderful group. Very heart warming considering their very low numbers over the last few years.
Ptarmigan and Snow Bunting Photography later.
*Gary holds a SCHEDULE 1 Photography licence
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