When more peaceable times eventually followed on, the practice of rearing beef in the north and selling it on in the south became widespread. In fact, today’s Hielan Coos can be black, brindled, yellow, dun or acrylic (except that kind is usually only seen in souvenir shops) as well as red – and still be pedigreed. Vicky even had her own herd at Balmoral Castle, though I doubt she’d be seen mucking out the byre very often. Inevitably, in the usual sycophantic please-the-monarch fashion, the reds started to be selectively bred. Some say it was Queen Victoria who remarked that she preferred them red, way back in the 1840s. As mentioned above, originally the native cattle were predominantly black. (See below.)Īs for colour, they aren’t always red. I’m awfully tempted to say that if you travel in the Highlands of Scotland and don’t see any Highland cattle, then you should get your money back from somebody.īut not from me, obviously, as you are learning all this stuff for nothing… (or you might like to make a wee donation!)Īnd now, if you want to discover more about hairy coos…read on…cute coo-pics too.Ī black-ish Highland cow looking completely indifferent to the fact that Queen Victoria might not have liked her. He says that if you don’t see any seals from the boat you will get your money back. In conclusion aboot coos: there is this guy in Plockton who does seal-spotting trips. But we’ve plenty more coo facts on this page. One page is about sheep in Scotland in general, the other, for real hard-core sheepoholics, is on the North Ronaldsay seaweed-eating breed. Oh, and we have two pages about sheep on this site – see the end of this paragraph. This is a typical scene in Duirinish in the north-west Highlands. So they have to hang around public phone boxes if they want to get in touch with other cows or their coworkers. Very few Highland cows own their own smartphones, as the buttons are too small for their hooves. Again, easy to reach from the city centre. That’s within five miles (eight km) of the city centre, tucked below the Pentland Hills – the little range you see to the south of the city.įor Glasgow, it could be the Highland cattle in Pollok Country Park. If you want the closest to Edinburgh, then there are Highland cattle at Swanston Farm. (Heck, I hope they’re still there!) City coos Honest.)īut I only unfairly mention these as they are easy to see from a main Trossachs ‘tourist route’, especially for day visitors from Edinburgh and Glasgow. You can even see the beasts in this Google streetview link of the spot. That’s where the A821, the Duke’s Pass road drops down to loch level (if you are coming from the south.
If you were to ask me the very first location that first spring to mind, then I’d say they are in the fields near the south side of Loch Achray in the heart of The Trossachs. (Actually, further down the page you’ll find some interesting stories about Highland cattle and how important they were in the Highlands.)īut for now, here’s where you can see ‘em. OK, OK, I knew you’d want to get to the main question. Where to see Highland Cows – there are lots about!
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