Quote Originally Posted by MacRobert's Reply View Post
Last year's hard winter froze the wee blighters in their shallow-water nurseries and cut their numbers in the summer. This year's big freeze should do the same. So picnics in hot sunny and/or windy places are possible even in Summer. The top of most Munros is usually fine.
the ice on the water actually makes it better for them less predators and more rich oxygenated water perfect conditions for any semi aquatic bug and young fish ,

the amount of bugs this year from the local lochs was way more than average wasn't fun at all walking into them all