Wee Beasties Archives - Pictures of Scotland

March 24, 2019

Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar

Scotland has some exotic wee beasties like this Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar – although it wasn’t so wee. It was about three inches long and as thick as my little finger! I spotted this one at […]

Grey Dagger Moth Caterpillar This exotic/scary looking wee beastie is a Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar. I spotted several of these on an apple tree in my garden. I had never seen anything like it before, […]

Loch Skeen

Scottish Borders

Loch Skeen Loch Skeen is a picturesque Loch which is your reward for climbing the Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall in the Scottish Borders.

Climbing The Cobbler

Scottish Mountain Walks

Isn’t Scotland Magnificent? You’ve just driven over the spectacular road known as the Rest and Be Thankful, heading towards Loch Lomond, and almost at Arrochar you look up to see the unmistakable craggy shape of […]

Trotternish Ridge

Inner Hebrides

The Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye The northernmost peninsula on the Isle of Skye is known as Trotternish. The Trotternish Ridge is the result of a massive landslip, and runs for about 19 miles, […]

Kirkwall

Orkney Isles

A view of Kirkwall on Orkney with St Magnus Cathedral visible on the skyline Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of Orkney. Historically, the Orkney islands have strong Norse connections and building of St […]

Is Dunrobin Castle the Nicest in Scotland?

Castles

Surely one of the most impressive of Scotland’s stately homes, Dunrobin lies just to the north of Golspie, a small village on the shores of the Moray Firth in Sutherland. It is the ancestral home […]