An image of a river flowing through a gorge. The Punchbowl. Linn of Quoich, Scotland

An image looking down on a castle set in a field with woodland. Braemar Castle. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of two Red Deer stood on a heather moor. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of frog spawn in a pond

Some more from Friday from the Linn of Quoich and heading up to the hills. The Punchbowl, Braemar Castle, Red Deer and frog spawn - at 600m #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An aerial view of a snowy mountainous landscape. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a partially frozen Lochan with blue skies above. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a snow patch on a mountain landscape. Càrn na Drochaid, Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A few from yesterday on Càrn na Drochaide in the Cairngorms NP #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a Mountain Hare sat on the skyline of snow and a blue sky above. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An Easter Bunny* from yesterday in the Cairngorms and, with the fresh snow, fortunately still in its winter coat #CairngormsNP #Scotland *Mountain Hare

An aerial shot of snow covered mountains under blue sky. Creag Leacach to Glas Maol. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A snowy mountainous landscape under a blue sky. Creag Leacach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Above a snow cornice in a mountainous landscape. Glas Maol Snow. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A snowy landscape under a blue sky. Glas Maol Snow. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

In the Cairngorms National Park today. Spring snow conditions but still large quantities in places #CairngormsNP #Scotland

A Dawn landscape with the Munro Carn an Tuirc in the distanceThe Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A frozen Loch Kander with snow covered terrain and a cloudy but blue sky above. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A male Ptarmigan sat on partly snowy ground. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

The view from the Munro the Cairn of Claise with a snow covered mountainous landscape. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Some more from Wednesday in the Southern Cairngorms #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An aerial view of a snow covered mountainous landscape with clouds and blue sky above.

A pair of Ptarmigan sat down on the ground with snow around. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A white Mountain Hare scurrying amongst the rocky ground. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a snow covered landscape with a Cornice fracturing. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Still very much feeling like winter on the higher ground today. Firm and icey snow, mountain hare, ptarmigan and cornices ready to fall #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a snowy mountain top with a boundary wall and a cairn in the distance. Cairn of Claise. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a snowy plateau under a cloudy sky. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a snow covered cairn on a mountain top. Cairn of Claise. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a snowy landscape under a cloudy sky. The footprints in the snow are of a mountain hare. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

A bitterly cold northerly wind and unexpected amounts of snow - above the knee on the leeward slopes - meant full on winter conditions. Up on the Cairngorms today #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a Ptarmigan stood on a rock calling. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a Ptarmigan stood on icy ground. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A couple more ptarmigan pictures from last week up on Lochnagar. The ptarmigan name comes from the Scottish Gaelic ‘tarmachan’, which translates as ‘croaker’ #Ptarmigan #CairngormsNP #Scotland https://getmona.app/rich_text/590624072265

The view from a wintery cliff top looking down on a loch below. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a Ptarmigan stood in on icy ground. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a Ptarmigan stood on icy ground. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a frost mountain top with a trig point and a frost covered compass rose. Lochnagar. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Hovering just above zero in the glens this morning with verglas and rime on the tops. Patches of snow from 1000m. Lochnagar this morning #CairngormsNP #Lochnagar #Scotland

An image of a loch under a cloudy sky. Loch Muick. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image looking down on a loch from a mountainside and a cloudy sky. Dubh Loch. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Two lochs - Loch Muick and Dubh Loch from Friday in the Cairngorms National Park. Dubh Loch sits at an elevation of 637m and feeds into Loch Muick #CairngormsNP #Scotland

A silhouette of a Red Deer stag at dawn. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Dawn in the Cairngorms #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a young male Ptarmigan in flight above stoney ground. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

A male ptarmigan in flight. The camouflage on ptarmigan is so effective for most of the year. As I was taking some pictures of other ptarmigan all of a sudden, and not far in front of me, this one flew up from the ground out of nowhere. In the Southern Cairngorms last week #CairngormsNP #Scotland

A panoramic aerial view above two lochs with mountainous terrain and blue skies above.

From last Wednesday. This is the view looking north west from above the head of Glen Callater. To the left is the summit of Carn an Tuirc with Loch Kander below. Further down the Glen to the right is Loch Callater. This is a stitch of six shots taken from a drone #CairngormsNP #Scotland #DJI

An image of a lochan with the sky above reflecting on it.

An image of a Ptarmigan sat on a mountainside. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of Golden Plover sat on a grass mound. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An overhead aerial view of Loch Kander. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland.

Some from yesterday in the Cairngorms National Park. Lochs and lochans, Golden Plover and young ptarmigan #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a mountainous terrain with a cloudy sky. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a pair of red deer stags with their new antlers beginning to sprout. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a pair of golden plovers stood on grassy terrain. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a mountainous terrain with a cloudy sky. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

Over to Càrn a’ Ghèoidh and Carn Bhinnein yesterday with stags starting to get their antlers and plenty of Golden Plovers flying about and calling on the tops. The last time I did these hills was in the May of 1993……. #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a patch of snow in a small river valley.

An image of the inside of a snow tunnel. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of the inside of a snow tunnel. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An overhead image of a loch in the mountainous terrain. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

Up on the Cairngorms today. A cool breeze, blue skies and a snow tunnel #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a feather from the wing of a Golden Eagle alongside a measuring tape.

I was out on the tops last week and picked up this feather lying on ground at about 3000ft. A reliable source has since informed me that this in fact “A Golden Eagle inner secondary covert from the left wing of a young bird.” Every day is a school day! 🦅 🪶 #CairngormsNP #Scotland #GoldenEagle

An image of a stone cairn on a mountainside with a blue sky above. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a male ptarmigan strutting its tail feathers. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a red deer stag running across the moorland. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a male ptarmigan with a female stood behind facing the opposite way. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Some more from Tuesdays trip into the Cairngorms National Park #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An image of a mountain top view over rugged landscape and blue skies above. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a herd of red deer stoop on higher rugged ground. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a male ptarmigan stood on stony ground. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Animage of a male ptarmigan stood on stony ground. An Socach. Cairngorms NP, Scotland

A calm bright morning yesterday in the Cairngorms National Park with herds of red deer stags wandering the moors and ptarmigan on the higher slopes #CairngormsNP #Scotland

An aerial view over the mountainous landscape.The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a male ptarmigan on some rocky ground. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a female ptarmigan on some rocky ground. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

An image of a mountain hare on some rocky ground. The Cairngorms NP, Scotland

Up on the tops today. The snow is leaving and the locals are getting their summer coats out #CairngormsNP #Scotland #Ptarmigan #MountainHare

An image of a snowy landscape with mountains and blue skies. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a male ptarmigan stood on boulders and snow. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a mountain hare stood on a snowy mountainside. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

An image of a snowy landscape with mountains and blue skies. The Cairngorms NP. Scotland

And after a cloudy start there was blue sky. Winter still hanging on in The Cairngorms today #CairngormsNP #Scotland #Winter