I'm back up in the Cairngorms this week, working from the RSPB's Abernethy reserve. The scenery is stunning and the weather has been bracing.
Loch Garten was looking spectacular on arrival and we were met with snow showers and freezing temperatures. The weather meant the forest was looking postcard-ish and picturesque.
Time and the weather have meant almost no time for invert searching but a quick grub around some rotting pine branches revealed the weevil Rhyncolus ater and the spider Segestria senoculata.
Apart from that there have been a few Red squirrels, more Coal Tits than you can shake a stick at and a near miss with a capercaillie. Near miss, in that I nearly saw one. Nearly....
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