Bog life: Animals photographed on RSPB reserve
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Trail cameras at RSPB Scotland's Forsinard Flows Reserve in the far north's Flow Country have captured images of some of the wildlife living on the vast area of peat bog.

Volunteers Kate Basley and Louise Senior with some of the equipment used to record the reserve's mammals and birds.

A fox looks into one of the cameras after triggering the device.

Red deer are also among the reserve's large mammals.

The deer forage among the bog's lochs and water courses.

Roe deer also roam the reserve.

The cameras operated by RSPB Forsinard staff and volunteers also captured this image of an otter.

Another otter takes a closer look at one of the devices.

An otter photographed at night.

A pine marten was also photographed as it hunted on the bog land

A mountain hare appears in another night-time shot.

Greylag geese are among the reserve's varied birdlife.
- Published30 July 2013