Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Corrie Fee NNR is a wild amphitheatre of rocky landscape within the Angus Glens about 15 miles north of Kirriemuir. Sculpted by the power of ice and water, the area is now a haven for plants, birds and animals equipped to cope with the challenges of this harsh mountain environment. If you’re lucky you might spot a golden eagle soaring overhead and in spring you’ll see some of the more common arctic alpine plants; look out for the golden globeflower and the insectivorous butterwort. Dippers can be spotted bobbing in and out of the Fee Burn, while peregrines, buzzards and golden eagles soar overhead. If you’re really lucky, you might a spot a shy mountain hare, which changes its colour to snowy white in winter. In autumn, Corrie Fee’s heathland has been described as ‘a low-growing orchard’, with tiny berries hanging from the shrubs of blaeberry, cowberry and crowberry.

Location

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About the area

It is said that before God sent the earth spinning through space he patted it and thus his fingers created the five beautiful Glens of Angus. Kirriemuir is the gateway to the little Angus Glens, valleys which stretch from the low farmlands of Strathtay into the moorland of the Grampians and the fringes of the Cairngorms.