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luachmhor outdoor and photography blog luachmhor outdoor and photography blog about kit kat i m having a blogging break for a little while as i m very busy at the moment i ll leave you to view some of my images though until i get back share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading tags landscape photography scotland february 17 2012 photography 20 comments in search of scotland s reindeer the cromdale grahams are a couple of hills close to home they are known primarily for their history which saw the battle of cromdale take place here they re also known as having 2 quite large monuments on the summit one to celebrate the coronation of queen alexandra and king edward vii and the other to mark queen victoria s golden jubilee in 1887 the hills are now though becoming more well known as a place to spot scotland s wild reindeer herd i had waited some considerable time for a high pressure system to come this way over the winter tackling these 2 hills at any other time of the year is hard going between the 2 hills lie 6 5 km of bog and peat hags i wanted solid ground underfoot and good winter light during the day to photograph the reindeer if they made an appearance starting very early in the morning from the village of cromdale i hoped to be up on top by sunrise a good path leads up to the piper s stone and from there the going turns rough ascending steeply through knee high heather toward the ridge i spot 2 reindeer some distance from and ascending parallel with me albeit a lot quicker i increased my pace hoping to catch up with them on top the light was slowly turning purple pink and then orange as the sun was nearing its rise were the 2 reindeer going to be in view would i be able to get some worthwhile images after i had carried the weight of my professional camera gear up here for this day the jubilee cairn summit trig and jubilee cairn i arrive at the summit just as the sun rises behind the cairngorms and casts a golden glow all around looking back i spot movement in the distance near to the coronation cairn it s the reindeer reindeer in the distance descending quickly i make my way over towards them hoping they would remain there the coronation monument at the monument and my first sight now of the herd the rest of my walk lies beyond the reindeer and to the far end of this hill in the centre of the image the corbett of ben rinnes is on the right reindeer are very docile animals and it was such an amazing sight to get so close to them i spent quite some time around them taking photos before i finally managed to pull myself away i still had a fair distance to hike yet but it was difficult to leave this scene behind me leave i did though and as i made my way over the frozen ground to the next graham some 5km in the distance yet the sound of the red grouse accompanied me near to the summit of this hill i come across another smaller herd of reindeer and i very happily begin snapping away again very reluctantly i pack up and retrace my steps for the long descent back to the van as i reach the road the sun is almost setting and this glorious winter day is almost at an end for further information on scotland s reindeer click cairngorm reindeer share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading tags cairngorm reindeer cromdale grahams photography scotland scottish hills wildlife photography february 1 2012 flora fauna grahams hills things to do and places to see in scotland 30 comments older posts subscribe enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 126 other subscribers backpacking scotland advertising please note that any ads you see on this blog are placed here by wordpress com the administrators of this blog have no connection to or financial interest in any of the promoted products and gain no income from any advertising displayed on this blog blog at wordpress com luachmhor blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed luachmhor join 126 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy luachmhor subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email name website d design a site like this with wordpress com get started
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