Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Had a surprise visit this morning from a mother deer and her very young fawn who suddenly emerged from the bushes behind our bird table. The fawn stood still for a long time and gazed curiously at us, possibly we were the first human beings it had seen. The mother was never too far away and kept a watchful eye on us whilst eating at the same time. When she moved further up into the forest the youngster quickly bounded after her and was soon lost from sight in the heather and blueberry bushes.