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The Cairngorms provide a unique alpine semi-tundra moorland habitat, home to many rare plants, birds and animals. Speciality bird species on the plateaux include breeding ptarmigan , dotterel , snow bunting , golden eagle , ring ouzel and red grouse , [ 6 ] with snowy owl , twite , purple sandpiper and Lapland bunting seen on occasion. [ 41 ]
Cairngorms National Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh) is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003.It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was set up in 2002.
Loch Garten (Scottish Gaelic: Loch a' Ghartain) is a large Highland freshwater loch near Boat of Garten, in the Strathspey area of the Cairngorms National Park, in Scotland.It is surrounded by the tall pine trees of the Abernethy Forest, a large area (adjacent to the loch) of which is an RSPB nature reserve.
The Cairngorms National Park is the UK's biggest national park, sprawling across 1,748 sq miles and includes parts of five local authorities - Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland, Moray and Perth and ...
Two lynx set loose in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland have been captured – nearly two days after a different pair were also caught. Zoo experts think all four had been cared for by humans ...
Cairn Gorm (Scottish Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm) [4] is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains . With a summit elevation of 1,244.8 m (4,084 ft) above sea level , Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles .
[citation needed] It is much rarer as a breeding bird, found only in a localised area of the Cairngorms National Park, where 1–3 pairs have bred since 1978. Records of breeding by this species in the UK are monitored and archived by the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. [14] [15] They are late migrants and move to rocky, ice-free Atlantic coasts in ...
Looking down into Glen Lyon from the summit of Carn Gorm. Càrn Gorm is a mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands, with a height of 1,029 metres (3,376 ft).