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  • Foggy morning in Durness, on the far northwest tip of Scotland. Fog drifting down from the peaks over the moors of Sutherland.
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  • Foggy morning in Durness, on the far northwest tip of Scotland. Fog drifting down from the peaks over the moors of Sutherland.
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  • The coastal landscape of Sutherland at Kinlochbervie, Scotland. The Scottish Moors cover the hills and come down to the sea here in the desolate part of northwest Scotland that has scant population. Kinlochbervie is a harbour village in the north west of Sutherland.
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  • The coastal landscape of Sutherland at Kinlochbervie, Scotland. The Scottish Moors cover the hills and come down to the sea here in the desolate part of northwest Scotland that has scant population. Kinlochbervie is a harbour village in the north west of Sutherland.
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  • Jim Richardson on Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
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  • Jim Richardson on Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
    MM8321_20161008_30106-Pano-2.jpg
  • On Gesto Farm, the crofting farm of Angus Beaton on the Isle of Skye, which overlooks the dramatic Cuillin Mountains in the background. Angus raises sheep on this small croft, the form of tenant farming particular to the Highlands and Moors of Scotland.
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  • Stac Pollaidh, Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
    MM8321_20161009_30297-Pano.jpg
  • Jim Richardson on Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
    MM8321_20161009_30190.jpg
  • Jim Richardson on Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
    MM8321_20161008_30106-Pano-2-Edit.jpg
  • On Sgorr Tuath in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, a vast land of will moors and towering mountains. <br />
Sgorr Tuath is 589m (1933ft) and a rough climb but is still the 2,944th highest mountain in Scotland. Views here are across to Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly) which is a popular hiking destination.
    MM8321_20161008_29672-Pano.jpg
  • On Gesto Farm, the crofting farm of Angus Beaton on the Isle of Skye, which overlooks the dramatic Cuillin Mountains in the background. Angus raises sheep on this small croft, the form of tenant farming particular to the Highlands and Moors of Scotland.
    MM8321_20150824_9790.jpg
  • On Gesto Farm, the crofting farm of Angus Beaton on the Isle of Skye, which overlooks the dramatic Cuillin Mountains in the background. Angus raises sheep on this small croft, the form of tenant farming particular to the Highlands and Moors of Scotland.
    MM8321_20150824_9576.jpg
  • Foggy morning in Durness, on the far northwest tip of Scotland. Fog drifting down from the peaks over the moors of Sutherland.
    MM8321_20150819_4206.jpg
  • Jim Richardson on assignment for National Geographic. On Gesto Farm, the crofting farm of Angus Beaton on the Isle of Skye, which overlooks the dramatic Cuillin Mountains in the background. Angus raises sheep on this small croft, the form of tenant farming particular to the Highlands and Moors of Scotland.
    MM8321_20150823_9120.jpg
  • On Gesto Farm, the crofting farm of Angus Beaton on the Isle of Skye, which overlooks the dramatic Cuillin Mountains in the background. Angus raises sheep on this small croft, the form of tenant farming particular to the Highlands and Moors of Scotland.
    MM8321_20150824_9790.jpg
  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
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  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
    MM8321_20150827_11176-Edit.jpg
  • Black Grouse mating rituals on a lek in the Scottish Highlands above Balmoral, Scotland.  Black Grouse are rarer that than Red Grouse but are still hunted in some situations.
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  • Black Grouse mating rituals on a lek in the Scottish Highlands above Balmoral, Scotland.
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  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
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  • Deserted "Clearances" village of Hallaig on the Isle of Raasay in Scotland. This is one of the most famous villages left empty by landowners evicting tenants in favor of sheep farming in the 18th and 19th centuries.<br />
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Hallaig is also a famous poem by Sorley MacLean. It was originally written in Scottish Gaelic and has been translated into both English and Lowland Scots. A recent translation (2002) was made by Seamus Heaney, an Irish Nobel Prize winner.
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  • Abernethy is a 12,000-hectare nature reserve sitting within the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. It is a fine exemplar of the remaining Caledonian forests, featuring a few old "granny trees" amongst growth that is much, much younger and of a different character. <br />
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The RSPB manages the majority of the reserve with Scottish National Heritage (SNH) taking care of part of it. Abernethy is an important site for ancient Caledonian pine trees, and species such as capercaillie and crested tit.<br />
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Like most of Scotland’s native woods, Abernethy has suffered deforestation over the centuries. Sheep and deer browsing then conspired to prevent new tree growth. Blocks of commercial conifer plantations have been sown into areas where there would have been native woodland.
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  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
    MM8321_20150829_12647-Pano.jpg
  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
    MM8321_20150828_11606.jpg
  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
    MM8321_20150827_11176-Edit.jpg
  • Black Grouse mating rituals on a lek in the Scottish Highlands above Balmoral, Scotland.  Black Grouse are rarer that than Red Grouse but are still hunted in some situations.
    MM8321_20160418_27261.jpg
  • Black Grouse mating rituals on a lek in the Scottish Highlands above Balmoral, Scotland.
    MM8321_20160415_25957.jpg
  • Mar Lodge Estate is a Scottish Highland estate in Aberdeenshire, owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is entirely contained within the Cairngorms National Park and important for nature conservation, landscape, recreation and culture. <br />
Mar Lodge, under the direction of Shaila Rao, is undertaking a major realignment of their ecology, striving to bring back much more of the Caledonian Forrest that has been lost. To do that they are culling the deer population that suppresses growth of trees.
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  • Heather covers the hills around Corgarff Castle in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Corgarff Castle is located in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. The castle was built in the mid 16th century by the Forbes of Towie. In 1571 it was burned by their enemy, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting in the deaths of Lady Forbes, her children, and numerous others, and giving rise to the ballad Edom o Gordon. After the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, it was rebuilt as a barracks. It is now in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public.<br />
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Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
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The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.
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  • Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
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  • View of the Assynt Mountains, in the Assynt region and parish in the south-west of Sutherland, Scotland.It is famous for its landscape (Inverpolly Nature Reserve) and its remarkable mountains (Quinag, Canisp, Suilven, Cùl Mòr, Stac Pollaidh, Ben More Assynt). Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve, which includes a visitor centre interpreting the geological feature the Moine Thrust, is part of the North West Highlands Geopark.
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  • The Wee Mad Road leads across the wild northwest landscape of Scotland towards Stoer on the coast where an old church stands abandoned. <br />
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The one lane road is actually the B869 which runs from Baddidarach, around to Stoer and Drumbeg to Kylesku on the northwest coast.
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  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
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  • The Wee Mad Road leads across the wild northwest landscape of Scotland towards Stoer on the coast. <br />
<br />
The one lane road is actually the B869 which runs from Baddidarach, around to Stoer and Drumbeg to Kylesku on the northwest coast.
    MM8321_20161026_38169-Pano.jpg
  • Aerials of the Braes of Doune wind farm near Stirling, Scotland. This wind farm is visible from Stirling Castle, making it somewhat controversial. Other concerns are the siting in moorland that is environmentally sensitive. Completed in 2007, the farm has 36 Vestas V80 2.0 megawatt wind turbines with a total capacity of 72MW.
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  • Driven grouse shoot on the Urlar Estate near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Scotland. "
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  • Heather covers the hills of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
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The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.
    MM8321_20150830_14156-Edit.jpg
  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
    MM8321_20150822_6157.jpg
  • The Wee Mad Road leads across the wild northwest landscape of Scotland towards Stoer on the coast. <br />
<br />
The one lane road is actually the B869 which runs from Baddidarach, around to Stoer and Drumbeg to Kylesku on the northwest coast.
    MM8321_20161026_38202-Pano.jpg
  • Aerials of Muirburn in the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. The patchwork pattern comes from the practice of gamekeepers on the large estates burning the heather to promote fresh growth for the benefit of the grouse. Grouse shooting on the estates is one of the economic lynchpins of estate life.
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  • Foggy morning driving the road across the Cairngorms
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  • The Braeroy Estate near Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland.<br />
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Gamekeeper Tim Healy, Hoodie Corner, Kilmore, Oban, Argyle, Scotland.
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  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_35620.jpg
  • Sheep gathering and sorting in a fank with Bannatyne MacLeod and is wife Jessie on their croft at Cluer on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.  Crofters are small tennant farmers who scrape a precarious living out of the edges of Scotland's lands. This area of Harris is a very rocky example of the rugged lands where crofters farm.
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  • Hauling cattle off of the little island of Ensay back to the Isle of Harris, Scotland. The crew from Pabbay farms graze cattle on the island, then haul them back on a little barge.
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  • Hauling cattle off of the little island of Ensay back to the Isle of Harris, Scotland. The crew from Pabbay farms graze cattle on the island, then haul them back on a little barge.
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  • Loch Eilt in Lochaber in the West Highlands of Scotland. Scots pines grow on the small island, protected from grazing deer. This island is famous as being the grave site of Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies.
    MM8321_20160416_26277-Pano.jpg
  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160414_25163.jpg
  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160414_25150.jpg
  • Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160413_24741.jpg
  • Gamekeepers Alastair Lyon and Richard Williams work on muirburn on the Ralia Estate near Kingussie, Sotland. Muirburn is done to encourgae fresh heather growth for the grouse. Estates depend on grouse shooting for much of their income.  Richard Williams
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  • Morning at Eilean na Moine in Loch Eilt, a loch in Lochaber, in the West Highlands of Scotland. It is between the villages of Glenfinnan and Lochailort. Loch Eilt separates the traditional districts of Morar, to the north, and Moidart, to the south.
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  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
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  • Grouse shooting at Glencalley Estate in Scotland with Robert Jamieson and his friends. This is walk up grouse shooting, with the shooters walking in line across the fields, as opposed to the more expensive driven grouse.
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  • Driving the North Coast 500, the wild road that goes up and over the top of Scotland, made popular this year by a new tourist designation and route, called the North Coast 500.  <br />
<br />
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. <br />
The North Coast 500 (Also known as NC500) was created by the North Highland Initiative and was designed to bring together the best of the north Highlands of Scotland in one iconic touring route.
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  • Abandoned church in the village of Stoer, Assynt, Scotland.
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  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
    MM8321_20161019_35903.jpg
  • Glenfeshie Estate in the Cairngorms of Scotland is a primary site of conservation efforts to bring back more of the ancient Caledonian Forest. Owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen who has dedicated much effort to a program of culling deer to bring back more balanced ecosystem including Scotls pines.

Anders Povlsen is seen on the estate (balding with a beard.)
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  • Glenfeshie Estate in the Cairngorms of Scotland is a primary site of conservation efforts to bring back more of the ancient Caledonian Forest. Owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen who has dedicated much effort to a program of culling deer to bring back more balanced ecosystem including Scotls pines.
    MM8321_20161018_35185.jpg
  • Glenfeshie Estate in the Cairngorms of Scotland is a primary site of conservation efforts to bring back more of the ancient Caledonian Forest. Owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen who has dedicated much effort to a program of culling deer to bring back more balanced ecosystem including Scotls pines. 

Thomas MacDonell seen hight above the glen is conservation manager of the estate.
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  • Sheep gathering and sorting in a fank with Bannatyne MacLeod and is wife Jessie on their croft at Cluer on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.  Crofters are small tennant farmers who scrape a precarious living out of the edges of Scotland's lands. This area of Harris is a very rocky example of the rugged lands where crofters farm.
    MM8321_20161015_33229.jpg
  • Loch Eilt in Lochaber in the West Highlands of Scotland. Scots pines grow on the small island, protected from grazing deer. This island is famous as being the grave site of Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies.
    MM8321_20160415_26481-Pano.jpg
  • Driven grouse shoot on the Urlar Estate near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Scotland. "
    MM8321_20150905_19051.jpg
  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Alvie Estate near Aviemore is the property of Jamie Williamson, one of the more progressive estate owners trying to make a paying proposition out of Highland land holdings. Besides the traditional sporting activities like grouse shooting and deer stalking they also have camping, rental properties, and other adventure activities. <br />
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Alvie & Dalraddy are adjoining Estates that are run as one land holding located 4 miles south of Aviemore near the village of Kincraig within the district of Badenoch.  Badenoch is approximately the geographic centre of Scotland. The Estates extend from the River Spey, between Loch Insh and Loch Alvie, North West into the Monadhliath hills. Most of the properties on the Estates face South East many with spectacular views of the Cairngorm Mountains.
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  • The Mar Lodge stag ballroom has a spectacular 2,435 red deer stags heads lining the walls and ceiling. It has been called the Sistine Chapel of stage hunting.  The ballroom was constructed for estate staff balls, required by the need for segregation between master and servant which dominated the period. Built near to the second Mar Lodge at Corriemulzie, it was moved to the present site in 1898. A large timber building in the estate red, it has distinctive lattice trellising, an original Victorian ventilation system and unusual cast iron bracers on stone plinths supporting the walls. Internally the building remains virtually in its original state and contains over 2,435 stag's skulls.<br />
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Mar Lodge Estate became a National Trust for Scotland property in 1995.
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  • The Mar Lodge stag ballroom has a spectacular 2,435 red deer stags heads lining the walls and ceiling. It has been called the Sistine Chapel of stage hunting.  The ballroom was constructed for estate staff balls, required by the need for segregation between master and servant which dominated the period. Built near to the second Mar Lodge at Corriemulzie, it was moved to the present site in 1898. A large timber building in the estate red, it has distinctive lattice trellising, an original Victorian ventilation system and unusual cast iron bracers on stone plinths supporting the walls. Internally the building remains virtually in its original state and contains over 2,435 stag's skulls.<br />
<br />
Mar Lodge Estate became a National Trust for Scotland property in 1995.
    MM8321_20150821_7772-Pano.jpg
  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
    MM8321_20150904_17820-Edit.jpg
  • Driving the North Coast 500, the wild road that goes up and over the top of Scotland, made popular this year by a new tourist designation and route, called the North Coast 500.  <br />
<br />
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. <br />
The North Coast 500 (Also known as NC500) was created by the North Highland Initiative and was designed to bring together the best of the north Highlands of Scotland in one iconic touring route.
    MM8321_20161026_38282.jpg
  • Sheep gathering and sorting in a fank with Bannatyne MacLeod and is wife Jessie on their croft at Cluer on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.  Crofters are small tennant farmers who scrape a precarious living out of the edges of Scotland's lands. This area of Harris is a very rocky example of the rugged lands where crofters farm.
    MM8321_20161015_32729.jpg
  • Sheep gathering and sorting in a fank with Bannatyne MacLeod and is wife Jessie on their croft at Cluer on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.  Crofters are small tennant farmers who scrape a precarious living out of the edges of Scotland's lands. This area of Harris is a very rocky example of the rugged lands where crofters farm.
    MM8321_20161015_32690.jpg
  • Gathering sheep from the small island of Vuia Mor with Norrie MacKay and his crew of fellow crofters. Near Bhaltos on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The island is part of the common grazing and each crofter has grazing rights for a certain number of sheep. Hauling them by boat is an old tradition here and good time is had by all, even if it is very hard work. 

Fuaigh Mòr is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Roag. It is 84 hectares (0.32 square miles) and 67 metres (220 feet) at its highest point.
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  • Lesley Matheson with her Highland cattle on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. She and her husband have made their Brue Highlanders a strongly branded product sold direct to restaurants.
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  • Cairngorm Mountains of central Scotland. The patchwork pattern comes from the practice of burning the heather in strips to promote new growth which in turn feeds the grouse population. Part of estate management to secure good grouse populations for shooting parties.
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  • Forsinard Flows near the hamlet of Forsinard in Sutherland, Scotland. The Flow Country is a vast area of peat bog, a fragile environment valued as wildlife habitat as well as for storing vast quantities of carbon.
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  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160414_25214.jpg
  • Driven grouse shoot on the Urlar Estate near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Scotland. Driven grouse involves teams of beaters driving grouse through the weathered hills towards a line of shooters waiting in "butts."
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  • Driven grouse shoot on the Urlar Estate near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Scotland. "
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Allan Macpherson-Fletcher at his new home on Balavil Estate near Kingussie, Scotland. He is the heir to the Balavil Estate, descended from estate founder James MacPherson who "discovered" the Ossianic Poems that romanticized the Highlands in the 18th century. <br />
The estate, like many in the Highlands, has now been sold to wealthy incomers. He and his wife Marjorie have moved out of the estate house, taking with them much of the memorabilia of several centuries worth of living the Highland life.
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  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
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  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
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  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
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  • The Glenfinnan Gathering is one of many Highland Games and Gatherings where Scots celebrate their heritage and traditions. It's also a comfortable homecoming for many. Glenfinnan is particularly notable because it is the site where Bonny Prince Charlie came ashore to rally the Highlanders to the cause of the Jacobites, which was to end disastrously at the Battle of Culloden. Events include the heavy events like the tossing of the caber, bagpipe and dancing competitions, tug of war, as well as the White Cockade Society which gathers to swear allegiance to the Jacobite cause, with a toast on the site where Prince Charlie stood. Also shown is dancing at the Glenfinnan Hotel in the evening.
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  • Stirling Castle with Doune Braes wind farm behind it.
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  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
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  • Deer stalking with head gamekeeper Dougie Langlands at Ardverikie Estate near Laggan, Scotland. 

Ardverikie is one of the great estates of Scotland, with the estate house on the banks of Loch Laggan. The family returns to gather around the ancestral seat several times a year and the gamekeeper hosts grouse shooting and deer stalking.
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  • Sheep gathering and sorting in a fank with Bannatyne MacLeod and is wife Jessie on their croft at Cluer on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.  Crofters are small tennant farmers who scrape a precarious living out of the edges of Scotland's lands. This area of Harris is a very rocky example of the rugged lands where crofters farm.
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  • Gathering sheep from the small island of Vuia Mor with Norrie MacKay and his crew of fellow crofters. Near Bhaltos on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The island is part of the common grazing and each crofter has grazing rights for a certain number of sheep. Hauling them by boat is an old tradition here and good time is had by all, even if it is very hard work. 

Fuaigh Mòr is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Roag. It is 84 hectares (0.32 square miles) and 67 metres (220 feet) at its highest point.
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  • Hauling cattle off of the little island of Ensay back to the Isle of Harris, Scotland. The crew from Pabbay farms graze cattle on the island, then haul them back on a little barge.
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  • Forsinard Flows near the hamlet of Forsinard in Sutherland, Scotland. The Flow Country is a vast area of peat bog, a fragile environment valued as wildlife habitat as well as for storing vast quantities of carbon.  This is now an RSPB Reserve and there is a newly built observation tower overlooking the bogs.
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  • Colin Murdoch is head gamekeeper at Reraig Forest near Loch Carron. He manages their deer herd including the feeding of stags on the hills overlooking Loch Carron.
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  • Heather covers the hills of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Heather blooms in the late summer and is the ideal habitat for grouse in Scotland, making it essential to the economics of estates that depend on grouse shooting for part of their income. <br />
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The park was established in 2003 and is now the largest National Park in Great Britain.
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  • The Lonach Games and Gathering is one of the Highlands premier events, highlighted by the March of the Lonach Highlanders from country house to country house where they are toasted by the clan chiefs for the service and loyalty. Then on to the traditional games with all the events including caber tossing, highland dance competition and the tug of war. The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society was founded in 1823 by Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet of Newe and Edinglassie (1773-1849). Membership is drawn from the inhabitants of Strathdon, who continue to fulfil the society’s original mission of preserving Highland dress and “supporting loyal, peaceful, and manly conduct; and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district.”
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  • The Mar Lodge stag ballroom has a spectacular 2,435 red deer stags heads lining the walls and ceiling. It has been called the Sistine Chapel of stage hunting.  The ballroom was constructed for estate staff balls, required by the need for segregation between master and servant which dominated the period. Built near to the second Mar Lodge at Corriemulzie, it was moved to the present site in 1898. A large timber building in the estate red, it has distinctive lattice trellising, an original Victorian ventilation system and unusual cast iron bracers on stone plinths supporting the walls. Internally the building remains virtually in its original state and contains over 2,435 stag's skulls.<br />
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Mar Lodge Estate became a National Trust for Scotland property in 1995.
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  • The Glenfinnan Gathering is one of many Highland Games and Gatherings where Scots celebrate their heritage and traditions. It's also a comfortable homecoming for many. Glenfinnan is particularly notable because it is the site where Bonny Prince Charlie came ashore to rally the Highlanders to the cause of the Jacobites, which was to end disastrously at the Battle of Culloden. Events include the heavy events like the tossing of the caber, bagpipe and dancing competitions, tug of war, as well as the White Cockade Society which gathers to swear allegiance to the Jacobite cause, with a toast on the site where Prince Charlie stood. Also shown is dancing at the Glenfinnan Hotel in the evening.
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