Scotland Magazine section Scottish Nature

Wild mountain sanctuary (Cairngorms)

The Cairngorms is Britain’s largest national park and is home to a quarter of its threatened birds, animals and plants. Graham Holliday reports

Scotland is home to two of Britain’s 14 national parks. The Cairngorms National Park, which opened in September 2003, is the newest and the largest. It’s twice as big as Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland’s other national park. It’s a mountainous area, home to four of Scotland’s highest mountai...

By Graham Holliday from Issue 30 published on 01/12/2006