Looking threatening
1st April 2019
The weather was looking pretty threatening with a leaden sky hanging over Glen Coe today. However, there were only few showers, with the fresh deposits being negligible. It was quite cold with the older snowpack remaining hard and icy.

It has been quite cold. The surface of this wee stream has frozen, and then the water source has either dried out or frozen, leaving this dribble of ice.

A ptarmigan starting to change into it’s summer colours. The word ptarmigan comes from the Scottish Gaelic tà rmachan, literally croaker. Apparently the silent initial p was added in 1684 by Robert Sibbald through the influence of Greek, especially pteron meaning, “wing”, “feather”, or “pinion”.
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