Brief Scottish Foray

7 June - A short Scottish trip for a weather window and Munroing, in the Glenshee area. The breeding season up on the hills, and several Golden Plover heard, with a pair (presumably nesting) seen well. Ptarmigan also heard, and I flushed a pair that I didn’t see til they flew, amazingly camouflaged when amongst the rocks. Lower in the Glen, 5-6 pairs of Curlews seen and heard, but not a single corvid seen all day - the two related? The biggest surprise and highlight was a summer-plumaged Black-throated Diver on an upland loch. Also seen, several Wheatears and numerous Meadow Pipits, And a singing Ring Ouzel heard on the cliffs, as well as several Red Grouse, archetypal species of the heathery slopes of these hills.