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| Spot the mountain hare, 5 December |
It's been a very fine period of winter conditions over the last week or so. The start of December we had constant snow falling on the hills and down to lower levels. The first snows to land in the garden back toward the end of November. Some of the coldest days (and nights) so far this season was last weekend. The mercury going down to minus 11 C in the glens. We've had some temperature inversions, some completely windless and cloudless days and I managed to get a fabulous day out to Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth to monitor, record and photograph the beautiful Grey Seal Pups. Along the way I have been running Mountain Hare Photography days, winter guiding days and out in the wind. It was gusting to over 100mph on Cairn Gorm last Thirsday. The last couple of days the cloud and wind has returned along with a thaw at lower levels. But don't be fooled. It's still winter on the high Cairngorms. Goggles, map and compass essential yesterday.
Here's just a few of the images from 28th November - 8 December.
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| First snows down in Strathspey, end of November |
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| First Robin on the snow this season in our garden |
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| Frosty trees, Aviemore |
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| Cold and clear |
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| The chartered boat out to Inchkeith |
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| Only 20 humans on the island |
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| More seals than humans |
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| Grey Seal Pup, Inchkeith |
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| Those eyes |
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| Hare footprints in the drifting snow |
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| Hare footprints in no wind |
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| Kenny out with me on a Wildlife photography day |
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| Beautiful afternoon with no one around |
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| Rime ice and drifting |
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| Hard walking with big cameras and deep snow |
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| But worth it for this |
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| and this |
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| Cairn Gorm, 5th December |
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| Fiacaill Coire Sneachda ridge, 5th December |
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| Friday 8th December, we needed this |
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| For this, Cairngorm Plateau |
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