I was walking down the daylodge not far from the dog leg the other day after a wee ski down the Ciste and came across a bit of a surprise, a frog/toad (don't know the difference) hopping through the heather. Is this normal? There are a few burns and marshy areas up there but I did not expect to see this, can the water coarse up there sustain tadpoles? It would have been a mammoth climb for the wee thing if it had come from the mountain garden. Any thoughts? And what happens in our cairngorm winter?

PS Mrs WM says the difference between a frog and a toad is if you kiss a frog it turns into a hansom prince. Not sure what happens to a toad!

Yes it's normal, see the occasional frog on the hill but nothing like at Glencoe. Meall a' Bhuiridh is alive with the things practically to the Summit. Every time I go up during the summer I see at least one, usually a good few, often leaping out from under feet/poles in the nick of time! I've seen them on the top third of the Main Basin.