This weekend I travelled up north to the Cairngorms in Scotland. Staying in a lovely B&B called Crubenbeg House in Newtonmore, I was not far from the mountains which held the wildlife I had come to see.
The first target was the rare capercaillie. The first location involved a walk through some stunning Caledonian woodland, however it proved unsuccessful and there were no sightings. A second much longer walk provided views of lots of different birds, including the crossbills but this was, unfortunately, only of them flying away.
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