{"id":1018,"date":"2014-08-30T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?page_id=1018"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:59:11","slug":"highland-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/highland-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herd of Red Deer on Sunlit Skyline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pupating Emperor Moth Caterpillar, Saturnia pavonia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

Here are some photographs of some characteristic and charismatic Vertebrates<\/a>, Insects<\/a>, Plants<\/a>, Fungi<\/a> and Landscapes<\/a> from the Scottish Highlands. The images are all copyright and may be used only with written permission<\/a>. Click on the thumbnails to see the full images (which are often a different shape).<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Vertebrates<\/h2>\n

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\"Red<\/a>
Red Squirrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Capercaillie<\/a>
Capercaillie at Highland Wildlife Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Hen<\/a>
Hen Ptarmigan and chicks dust-bathing on Cairngorm. They are marvellously camouflaged<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Red<\/a>
Red Deer may come down into the valleys to feed, mostly towards evening, on arable crops if available, keeping a wary eye out for people. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Insects<\/h2>\n

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\"A<\/a>
A somewhat battered Scotch Argus at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"An<\/a>
An Ichneumon fly at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A handsome fly, Chrysotoxum bicinctum, a quite good wasp mimic, at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Forest<\/a>
Forest Shieldbug, Pentatoma rufipes<\/span>, at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Ringlet<\/a>
Ringlet butterfly at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Narrow-Bordered<\/a>
Narrow-Bordered Bee Hawk Moth Caterpillar at Insh Marshes NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Dark<\/a>
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja<\/span> at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Tenthredo<\/a>
Tenthredo sawfly on Devilsbit Scabious at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Large Syrphid hoverfly on Knapweed at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Light<\/a>
Light Knotgrass Moth Acronicta menyanthidis scotica<\/span> on Birch at Creag Meagaidh NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Nest<\/a>
Nest of Red Wood Ants near Loch Garten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Plants<\/h2>\n

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\"Glorious<\/a>
Glorious moor grasses at Craig Meagaidh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow Rattle, a hemiparasite of grasses. It weakens the grass, letting other flowers into the greensward: the opposite action to modern fertilisers. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Marsh<\/a>
Marsh Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Round-leaved<\/a>
Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia<\/span>, a small insectivorous plant of acid bog. Dun-da-Lamh, near Laggan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Grass<\/a>
Grass of Parnassus, Parnassia palustris at Creag Meagaidh NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Rowan<\/a>
Rowan fruits. The tree is also called the ‘Mountain Ash’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The insectivorous Butterwort forms pale green stars in boggy places. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Lycopodium<\/a>
Lycopodium clavatum<\/span>, Stagshorn Clubmoss. Monadhliath mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Firtree<\/a>
Firtree Clubmoss, Catlodge estate, Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Alpine<\/a>
Alpine Clubmoss. Creag Meagaidh NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The common liverwort Marchantia polymorpha<\/span> on moorland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Rowan<\/a>
Rowan leaf, spotted with a rust fungus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Foxglove<\/a>
Foxglove and Alder at Creag Meaghaidh NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Rhacomitrium,<\/a>
Rhacomitrium<\/span>, the woolly hair moss, a wonderfully characteristic plant of the high tops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Fungi<\/h2>\n

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\"Penny<\/a>
Penny Bun or Cep, under Birch. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Coprinus<\/a>
Coprinus niveus<\/span>, the Snowy Inkcap, in a marshy wet meadow. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Two<\/a>
Two finely globular Fly Agaric mushrooms, under Birch. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Caesar's<\/a>
Caesar’s Mushroom, under Birch. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Orange<\/a>
Orange Birch Bolete, in hand, a delicious mushroom fresh or dried. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"DSC09871<\/a>
DSC09871 Chanterelles, Cantharellus cibarius<\/span>, one of the best edible mushrooms. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A species of Suillus<\/span> under Scots Pine. It resembles the Larch Bolete, S. grevillei.<\/span> Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Ground-living<\/a>
Ground-living lichens including the spectacular red Cladonia floerkana<\/span> and other species of Cladonia. Monadhliath mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Ramalina<\/a>
Ramalina<\/span> (spiky beards) and leafy lichens (Parmelia<\/span> etc) on Alder at Creag Meagaidh NNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Usnea<\/a>
Usnea (cf U. subfloridana) beard lichen on Alder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Landscapes<\/h2>\n

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\"Sunlight<\/a>
Sunlight streaming through downy birch and purple heather. Upper Speyside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Eddies<\/a>
Eddies in natural foam in the river at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Misty<\/a>
Misty Evening Light Over Upper Spey valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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\"Evening<\/a>
Evening sunshine on Creag Meagaidh national nature reserve, with regenerating forest of birch, rowan, willow and Scots pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Misty Landscape Uvie Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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Here are some photographs of some characteristic and charismatic Vertebrates, Insects, Plants, Fungi and Landscapes from the Scottish Highlands. The images are all copyright and may be used only with written permission. Click on the thumbnails to see the full images (which are often a different shape). Vertebrates Insects Plants Fungi Landscapes \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9272,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions\/9272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}