Loch Einich
| Loch Einich | |
|---|---|
| Loch Eanaich | |
 Coire Odhar at the head of Loch Einich from Sgor Gaoith | |
  Loch Einich | |
| Location | Cairngorm mountains, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°4′9″N 3°47′25″W / 57.06917°N 3.79028°W |
| Primary outflows | Am Beanaidh |
| Max. length | 2 km (1.2 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | 0.5 km (0.31 mi)[1] |
| Max. depth | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 496 m (1,627 ft)[1] |
Loch Einich or Loch Eanaich is a remote freshwater loch in Gleann Einich, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland. It is some 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west of Braeriach and its outflow is the Am Beanaidh burn, flowing north through Gleann Einich towards Coylumbridge. The loch is hemmed in by the high plateau of Moine Mhor on the east, the ridge of Sgòr Gaoith to the west, and Coire Odhar at its head.
Geography
[edit]Loch Einich is one of the five Cairngorm Lochs, a protected Ramsar Site.[2][3] It is situated in a glacial trough at 496 metres (1,627 ft) at the head of Gleann Einich where the glen becomes enclosed by crags.[4][5] From just before the foot of the loch a stalkers' path heads up Coire Dhondail which leads up onto the Moine Mhor plateau near the Wells of Dee and the summit of Braeriach.[1] Although Sgor Gaoith and Sgoran Dubh Mor are normally climbed from Glen Feshie, there is also a route from Loch Einich.[6] Along the western shore of the loch is Ross's path which then climbs up to a' Phocaid from where the ridge can be attained.[7]
Wildlife
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Dippers flip along rocks in the loch, greenshank often feed along its northern shores and common sandpipers nest on its stony banks.[8] Snipe, mallard, red grouse, teal and meadow pipit nest in the heathery bogland around the loch.[9] Whooper swans and greylag geese can be found swimming in the water.[10]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d Watson (1992), p. 107.
- ^ "Cairngorm Lochs". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "UK Cairngorm Lochs 13002 RIS 2005" (PDF). Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Watson (1992), pp. 104–105.
- ^ Sugden (1987), p. 59.
- ^ Watson (1992), pp. 125–127.
- ^ Watson (1992), pp. 124, 127.
- ^ Nethersole-Thompson & Watson (1981), pp. 129–130.
- ^ Nethersole-Thompson & Watson (1981), pp. 105, 129.
- ^ Nethersole-Thompson & Watson (1981), p. 130.
Works cited
[edit]- Nethersole-Thompson, Desmond; Watson, Adam (1981). The Cairngorms (2 ed.). Perth, Scotland: Melven Press. ISBN 0 906664 12 8.
- Watson, Adam (1992). The Cairngorms. Edinburgh: The Scottish Mountaineering Trust. ISBN 0-907521-39-8.
- Sugden, David (1987). "The Landscape". In Omand, Donald (ed.). The Grampian Book. Golspie: Northern Times. ISBN 0 9501718 8 3.