Scotland's mountains would be lost in the foothills of the Andes or the Himalayas, but they yield nothing to the highest peaks in the world in terms of beauty and their capacity to inspire awe. This is because they do not stand alone. They share the landscape with wild sea lochs that gouge deeply into the land; with icy streams that tumble through green and wooded glens; with the calm waters of great inland lochs; and, above all, with an ever changing sky that gives rise to a variety of colour.
A peaceful, awe inspiring and lonely place, vast tracts of land have no roads, only the walker and the camper have any chance of penetrating these solitudes. If man is largely absent today, wildlife is not. The Highlands are the last refuge of many mammals and birds found nowhere else in Britain. Golden Eagles soar above the moors and crags, gannets plunge into the sea and the turkey like capercaillies croak through the woodlands. The mammals of the highlands include the wildcat, pine martin, red deer and roe deer. Lochs and rivers teem with salmon and trout.
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