Category Archives: Wildlife

The pictureless post: monolith and a halo

Posted on April 3, 2016 by cairngormwanderer

There are no pictures in this post. There are, however, some of the best pictures I’ve never taken. It didn’t seem to matter on Friday evening when, struggling to make headway – or even to stay on my bike at … Continue reading →

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Work and wildlife in the Cairngorms

Posted on April 25, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

When you walk in to the woods and sit with your back to a tree and don’t move for, oh, maybe half an hour or more… sometimes you still see nothing. The wildlife, as ever, runs to its own timetable. … Continue reading →

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Killing trees for conservation

Posted on December 6, 2014 by cairngormwanderer

A few folk have been curious about the ring-barking of trees in the forestry plantation just east of Derry Lodge. I did ask one of the estate ecologists if he fancied writing a guest post to explain it but haven’t … Continue reading →

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Winter bivvy – no Goretex!

Posted on March 21, 2011 by cairngormwanderer

For all you hardmen who bivvy out in winter: a bivvy site I came across in Derry Woods in the Cairngorms. I can’t say for certain that the red deer who slept here didn’t have bivvy bags, but I think … Continue reading →

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