Flora and fauna (Scottish Highlands)

Fulmar [Fulmarus glacialis] Handa, 14/06/93

Eggar moth caterpillar. Morar, 10/05/93

Purple milk-vetch [Oxytropis halleri]. Bettyhill, 15/06/89 ~ While it can be found in a couple of locations in the Perthshire hills (not Lawers though), this plant is an alpine which in this country is happiest among the sand dunes of the north coast, where it often keeps company with another lovely alpine, the Mountain avens, Dryas octopetala.