Category: fauna
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Through the Chalamain Gap to Braeriach, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
Winds of 20-25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph were forecast. We drove up to the Sugar Bowl car park and were walking soon after 9.30am. It started to rain soon after we started, but we had already put on our waterproof gear in anticipation. We played the passing and re-passing game with two…
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Across the Cairngorm plateau to Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
A clear but windy day. As the weather looked to be best of the next few days, we thought to do a popular Cairngorms high circuit. We started walking form the Ski Centre car park at 9.20am up the ‘windy trail’ to gain the ridge – an apt name for this day, with gusts of…
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Signs of spring, London – February
Walking in Battersea Park after seeing an art show at the gallery, we were walking beside the lake when I suddenly felt surrounded by a variety of sounds from all around me: what sounded like a robin a little bit behind me to the left, a parakeet to the right, a goose forward left in…