Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 30 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in the Watsonian Vice County of Mid Perth and the County of
Perthshire.
It is notable for for its wildlife, and was freqently visited by
Horace Donisthorpe who collected many unusual species of
British ants on the moor and surrounding hilly ground. Today it is still one of the few remaining habitats for
Formica exsecta, the
narrow-headed ant, although recent surveys have failed to produce any sign of Formica pratensis, which
Donisthorpe all recorded in the area in the early part of the
20th century.