Contents 



CHAPTER PAQS 



22. MiNGULAY OF THE ClIFFS 100 



23. The Dotterel of the High Tops . . . 105 



24. A Hebridean Island and its Birds . . . 113 



25. Salmon of the Linn of Dee .... 120 



26. Bird Fishers of the Sea 125 



27. September on the Bass Rock .... 130 



28. October in Lairig Ghru 135 



29. Heather 140 



30. The Roaring of the Stags .... 143 



31. The Spawning of the Salmon .... 146 



32. Sgoran Dubh : An Autumn Snowfall . . 149 



33. Berries of the Hills ..... 154 



34. Ben MacDhui in September .... 158 



35. An October Day in the Forest . . . 164 



36. The Flighting of the Widgeon . . . 169 



37. Croaghaun of Achill . .... 172 



38. Garbh Choire Mhor : A Corrie in the Cairn- 



gorm Mountains 177 



39. The Aran Islands : An Outpost of Ireland . 181 



40. Shore Birds in Late December . . . 188 



41. Cairn Toul: An Arctic Climb . . . .192 



42. The Longstone Relief 199 



43. A February Day on the Dee .... 204 



44. Lindisfarne in February 207 



Index 213 



