One of Britain's newest national parks, Cairngorms National Park is the country's largest, totalling an impressive 3800 square kilometres of remote mountains and moors across Scotland's Highlands and Grampian regions. The park is home to a quarter of Britain's endangered species.
A combination of heather moorland, farmland and woodland, each with individual characteristics, come together to make the area special. The Cairngorms' mountains comprise the highest and most massive range of arctic mountain landscape in Britain, and with few roads, the area can only be viewed properly by foot.
In the foothills you might spot pine martens, red squirrels, badgers, wildcats, crossbills, crested tit and capercaillie. Out on the open rolling heather moorland is a patchwork of beautifully coloured heather that provides food and nesting cover for red grouse.
Of course, the area is populated, along the straths and glens - of which the valleys of the Spey, Dee and Don are the major features. River quality is high, aiding the all-important local industries of whisky distilling and salmon fishing, and the freshwater lochs and marshes contribute to the natural beauty of the area.
In the foothills you might spot pine martens, red squirrels, badgers, wildcats, crossbills, crested tit and capercaillie. Out on the open rolling heather moorland is a patchwork of beautifully coloured heather that provides food and nesting cover for red grouse.
Of course, the area is populated, along the straths and glens - of which the valleys of the Spey, Dee and Don are the major features. River quality is high, aiding the all-important local industries of whisky distilling and salmon fishing, and the freshwater lochs and marshes contribute to the natural beauty of the area.
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