Treeline woods

Last week, I spent a day at around 600m altitude on Coignafearn Estate, collecting cuttings from montane willow with Diana Gilbert, who has just finished her PhD on montane scrub. The cuttings will be propagated at Highland Aspen Group's tree nursery at Kincraig.
As the picture shows, montane willows only survive where deer can't reach, so we needed a reasonable head for heights.
As well as a few bursts of adrenalin, we enjoyed several sightings of golden eagle and ring ouzel. And a few smaller creatures, some of which feature below.