Thursday saw us make the two mile drive to the gatekeepers property at Glen Strathfarrar where we were given a permit to drive the seventeen miles through the private glen and I have to say it was a fabulous drive too. We also took the slightly longer drive of around sixteen miles down to Glen Affric which is again about a sixteen mile route to the river and back passing loch Beinn and loch Afrric on route. Both routes highly recommended.<\/p>\n
As for birds I found Black-throated Diver that happily swam passed the picnic tables at loch Beinn, Lots of Dipper and Grey Wagtail, Mergansers and a single Goosander, a herd of six Whooper Swan and a flock of fifty of so mixed Redwing and Fieldfare. Although both Glens look great for Eagle I only had Buzzards in both glens.<\/p>\n
Glen Strathfarrar has lots of Red Deer and Mountain Goats to entertain along the route but overall both these drives are all about the scenery.<\/p>\n I’ll post a few scenic images once I’ve extracted them from Suzannes Camera.<\/p>\n If you’re ever in the Inverness area these glens are about half an hour drive to get to the start but will take the best part of a day to enjoy fully. Glen Strathfarrar only allows twenty five cars in at one time so get there early but you will not find crowds here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-VEK9xO9azGY\/XLlgre7HLcI\/AAAAAAAAOdA\/VtTo4ltXL98QrCPO_YBOt-hZ6qhfTx_FQCLcBGAs\/s640\/Black%2Bthroated%2BDiver%2Bat%2BLoch%2BBeinn.jpg\" "\\"\\"")