Kick-Ass! Tiny donkey keeps 800kg Highland steer away from its food with a flurry of bucks Wallace, an 800kg Scottish Highland Steer was looking for some extra food The large cow tried to force its way onto the miniature donkey’s feeding trough Footage shows the donkey kicking out at Wallace and defending its food trough … Read more
Udder bliss! Mikayla the Highland Cow really enjoys having her coat brushed in adorable video The cow gets pampered at the Highland Getaway farm in Huon Valley, Tasmania Two people work on brushing the animal’s coat as she enjoys getting treatment The farm, which breeds the Highland cattle, also has alpacas and silkie chickens By Nicole … Read more
Jolly Prince Charlie! Duke of Rothesay beams as he opens the Highland Games for a behind-closed-doors competition after annual contest was cancelled due to Covid-19 Prince Charles, 71, opened the Braemar Gathering in Aberdeenshire last month Small number gathered to compete in behind-closed-doors competitions Events were filmed and broadcast as the ‘virtual Highland Games’ last … Read more
Off on a stag night? Majestic deer is spotted ‘waiting for a train’ on a remote Highland station platform John McGowan stumbled across impressive stag as if it was waiting for a train McGowan had stopped at Achnasheen Railway Station when he saw the stag After seeing John, the stag hopped a wire fence and wandered … Read more
Tricky moo-noeuvre! Highland cow reverses between £90,000-worth of new cars without scratching the paintwork with its horns A Highland cow was filmed reversing out from between six parked Skoda cars The brand-new cars escaped undamaged after staff helped the cow escape Dealer principal Tom Sexton, 32, says animals often wander onto his forecourt By Sam Baker … Read more
Pair of golden eagles successfully rear a chick at a ‘rewilding’ estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years A team from Trees for Life created an artificial nest at a Scottish rewilding estate It is the first time golden eagles have reared a chick at the estate since the 1980s … Read more
Stephen King has won Scottish football club Buckie Thistle a new army of fans after featuring the remote Highland League team in his new novella series. The American horror author has featured Buckie Thistle in his latest horror collection If It Bleeds because of its ‘gorgeous name’. Since then, King has also donated Scotland’s north-east … Read more
Space, horizon and plenty to do were the criteria for our family holiday. So, rather than heading to overheated beaches in southern Europe we settled on the Cairngorms. And that was long before we had even heard of the coronavirus pandemic. Buoyed up by Springwatch, I sold the idea to our boys, aged four and … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Russia-focused miner and explorer Highland Gold is backed by Roman Abramovich By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 What is it? Roman Abramovich-backed and AIM-listed Highland Gold is a miner and explorer focused on Russia. It has four … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Highland views from Heaven, but a fishy fry-up from Hell… By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:26 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 01:28 GMT, 27 February 2020 Grand Tours Of Scottish Lochs Rating: Very Hard Questions Rating: Now there’s a novelty: a travelogue with no railways, … Read more