Scotland Puzzle - Scottish Wildlife

Scottish Wildlife

By Kay Glasgow

When there was a Scottish wildwood, the ancient Caledonian forest, Scotland's wildlife included brown bear, beaver, bison, wild boar, elk, lynx, wild reindeer and wolf. All roamed freely, well beyond today's Highland Animal Park in Kincraig, Inverness-shire. The anagrams relate to wild things found today in Scotland's varied landscape.

1 Scotland's only snake DREAD

2 "touch not without a glove" felines on many clan badges SCALD WIT

3 upland rabbit relative (7,4) NOTE HUMAN AIR

4 . "sett"ler in Pennan's woodsy ravine, Tore of Troup RAG BED

5 there's sitka, fallow, roe but Scotland's most numerous are __ __ (3,4) DEED ERR

6 if Arctic lemmings are scarce these fly to Shetland (5,4) WON SLY SOW

7 grey are overtaking this kin of another colour (3,8) QED ERR I SLUR

8 insect devouring moorlands purple (7,6) HE LET BEER HEAT

9 overgrazing deer and sheep ruin its avian habitat (5,6) BACK LOG RUSE

10 moults to white for winter atop Munros and Corbetts in north and west PAGAN TRIM

11 Ratty of The Wind in the Willows is one (5,4) WOVE ALERT

12 tree climbing carnivore (4,6) NEATEN PRIM

13 Urquhart Castle's on the watch for this water beast (4,4,7) CHESS STOLEN MORN

14 white and grey feathery cat rising at St Abbs Head? IT WEAK KIT

15 Radio Scotland Online's Out of Doors presenter (6,5) WHALE MOTION

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1	Scotland's only snake	DREAD
2	"touch not without a glove" felines on many clan badges	SCALD WIT
3	upland rabbit relative (7,4)	NOTE HUMAN AIR
4	. "sett"ler in Pennan's woodsy ravine, Tore of Troup	RAG BED
5	there's sitka, fallow, roe but Scotland's most numerous are __ __ (3,4)	DEED ERR
6	if Arctic lemmings are scarce these fly to Shetland (5,4)	WON SLY SOW
7	grey are overtaking this kin of another colour (3,8)	QED ERR I SLUR
8	insect devouring moorlands purple (7,6)	HE LET BEER HEAT
9	overgrazing deer and sheep ruin its avian habitat (5,6)	BACK LOG RUSE
10	moults to white for winter atop Munros and Corbetts in north and west	PAGAN TRIM
11	Ratty of The Wind in the Willows is one (5,4)	WOVE ALERT
12	tree climbing carnivore (4,6)	NEATEN PRIM
13	Urquhart Castle's on the watch for this water beast (4,4,7)	CHESS STOLEN MORN
14	white and grey feathery cat rising at St Abbs Head?	IT WEAK KIT
15	Radio Scotland Online's Out of Doors presenter (6,5)	WHALE MOTION