Wary of wildlife

[overloaded]

Next year (and for a few years afterwards), I am going to be walking as many Munros as possible. (Summer months only). It occurred to me that I am likely to come into contact with wildlife.
Is there any that I need to be wary of and if so what preparations should I make should I encounter them?
Rob

[Mal Grey]

Next year (and for a few years afterwards), I am going to be walking as many Munros as possible. (Summer months only). It occurred to me that I am likely to come into contact with wildlife.
Is there any that I need to be wary of and if so what preparations should I make should I encounter them?
Rob

Only the miniature stuff that wants to eat you; i.e. the midges, ticks, clegs and keds. A good insect repellent and consider a headnet for the times when they are bad, which is very dependent on conditions. If you're there a lot, though, at some point, you're going to get eaten!

[nigheandonn]

It's probably sensible to be mildly wary of cows, especially if you have a dog with you, but I'm sure there are plenty of those down your way!

[LDPWalker]

Hiya, you may encounter adders (I've seen a surprising number in the Scottish hills over the years), so don't go touching any of those! Give them a wide berth and you will not have any problems.

Roger

[Caberfeidh]

A badger might give you a nip, but they're tricky to catch to make them nip you. Some places have wild boar if you really want to get yourself worked up, but it's amazing how many people don't get attacked by them. Rutting stags can be a problem in autumn... http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=103&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=stag+nation&start=15#p13298

[cantabrigian]

It's probably sensible to be mildly wary of cows, especially if you have a dog with you, but I'm sure there are plenty of those down your way!

Cows can (albeit rarely) be fatal: Man, 82, killed in attack by herd of cows in Yorkshire dales

[overloaded]

Thank you everyone. no mention of big cats at all then
Given me plenty to think about there

[Caberfeidh]

O we forgot to mention the big cats...

[nigheandonn]

Isn't that Dartmoor?

I mean, there are some fairly big cats, although I think you'd be lucky to see one, but that's different from Big Cats.

[CharlesT]

O we forgot to mention the big cats...

Or, equally terrifying, Mr C roaming the hills with a bone saw!

[Caberfeidh]

A guide to the horrors of Scottish wildlife:

Primordial Yakky Musk-Ox Goat-Beasts

Adder, Glen Lui

Ferocious sea-monsters

Giant sharks. No teeth, but they'll give you a nasty suck...

Weird Phantom Puddock of Castle Tioram

Man eating fish, Inveraray. Pickled onion with that?

Badgers - ferocious, wild and livid.

[Tringa]

One other to add - feral goat. I have never heard of anyone being butted/injured by one and all the ones I have seen passed me by with an air of disdain, but the males are the smelliest animals I have ever met

Dave

[MaximusGreatest]

Hiya, you may encounter adders (I've seen a surprising number in the Scottish hills over the years), so don't go touching any of those! Give them a wide berth and you will not have any problems.

Roger

Oh my Adders .....