Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Open moorland near native woodland in the Rothiemurchus Estate near Loch an Eilein.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Frost covered ferns, photographed in the Rothiemurchus Estate.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Footpath running through the Glenmore Forest Park (NNR) towards Loch Morlich and the peaks of the Cairngorms National Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Storm clouds above the mountain known as Stac na h-Iolaire.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Ryvoan Bothy located on the Ryvoan Pass situated within the Abernethy National Nature Reserve (RSPB). The Ryvoan Bothy is used as a mountain refuge for walkers, hikers, mountain bikers and hunters.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Heavy winds sway the branches of Scots Pines, surrounding the Lochan Uaine in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Heavy winds sway the branches of Scots Pines, surrounding the Lochan Uaine in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Heavy winds sway the branches of Scots Pines, in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Heavy winds sway the branches of Scots Pines, in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Hiking trial running alongside a plantation of Scots Pines in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Hiking trial running alongside a plantation of Scots Pines in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Hiking trial running alongside a plantation of Scots Pines in the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Scattered shafts of light above the Glenmore Forest Park and the Cairngorm Mountain Range.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Scots Pines within the Glenmore Forest Park, managed by the Forestry Commission.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Forestry commission track running through the Glenmore Forest Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Lochan an Stainge located on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount and surrounding mountains in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Lochan an Stainge located on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount and surrounding mountains in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Rannoch Moor with the dominating peak of the Black Mount in the distance.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Rannoch Moor. Early morning sun on Loch Ba located on Rannoch Moor.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Little Loch Broom. Rain clears revealing the mountain peaks surrounding Little Loch Broom.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Bad na Sgalag Pinewood. Young trees planted as part of the Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Bad na Sgalag native pinewood regeneration project near Gairloch.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Scotch Pine, remnants of the great Caledonian forest which once covered the Scottish highlands from coast to coast.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Scotch Pines, remnants of the great Caledonian forest which once covered the Scottish highlands from coast to coast.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Slioch, a mountain alongside Loch Maree in the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve which was Britain's first National Nature Reserve.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Slioch, a mountain alongside Loch Maree in the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve which was Britain's first National Nature Reserve.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Slioch, a mountain alongside Loch Maree in the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve which was Britain's first National Nature Reserve.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Slioch, a mountain alongside Loch Maree in the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve which was Britain's first National Nature Reserve.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Beinn Eighe NNR. Slioch, a mountain alongside Loch Maree in the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve which was Britain's first National Nature Reserve.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Isle of Skye. The Isle of Skye viewed across Loch Gairloch from the Wester Ross village of Gairloch.

Scotland, Isle Of Skye, Elgol. Looking across the rocky shoreline north of Elgol towards the peaks of the Black Cuillins.

Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Scavaig. Looking across Loch Scavaig towards the Cuillin Hills and the Isle of Soay.

Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Scavaig. Breaking light on the lower hills of the Cuillin range and a cottage on the shores of Loch Scavaig.

Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Scavaig. Breaking light on the lower hills of the Cuillin range and Loch Scavaig.

Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Scavaig. Breaking light on the lower hills of the Cuillin range and Loch Scavaig.

Scotland, Isle of Skye, Loch Scavaig. Breaking light on the lower hills of the Cuillin range and Loch Scavaig.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Mist rising at dawn over the Caledonian Forest of the Rothiemurchus estate, in the Cairngorms National Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Mist rising at dawn over the Caledonian Forest of the Rothiemurchus estate, in the Cairngorms National Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Mist rising at dawn over the Caledonian Forest of the Rothiemurchus estate, in the Cairngorms National Park.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Vehicle track running through open moorland near the Abernethy Forest.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Mountain stream near the Cairngorm mountain in the Cairngorms National Parl.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Dramatic clouds and Cairngorm mountains reflected upon the still face of Loch Morlich.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Dramatic clouds and Cairngorm mountains reflected upon the still face of Loch Morlich.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Clouds, forest and mountains reflected upon the still waters of Loch Morlich.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Clouds, forest and mountains reflected upon the still waters of Loch Morlich.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Dramatic light bathes the Ruthven Barracks, with the Monadhliath Mountains overlooking the ruins.

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Dramatic light bathes the Ruthven Barracks, with the Monadhliath Mountains overlooking the ruins.