Country diary: Pool-reflected glory of colour and light

Glen Feshie, Cairngorms: A silent current of air disturbs the water and the reflected world is split into a trembling mosaicAll is quiet at the Uath Lochans, secret pools tucked away in the forests of Glen Feshie. Uath - pronounced "oo-wah" - is Gaelic for hawthorn, although it is mainly Scots pine gathered around the waters now, with a scattering of birch and rowan.These are kettle hole pools, formed at the end of the last ice age, when large blocks of ice remained stationary as sediment from meltwater built up around them. The melted blocks then left a depression, in these cases filled with water. Continue reading...