Two shrews have been found dead inside discarded beer bottles at a Glencoe beauty spot.
Glencoe National Nature Reserve rangers were litter-picking around Loch Achtriochtan when they found the dead small mammals inside a bottle of Corona.
The dumped glass bottle was not the only litter found at the site, with five bags of rubbish collected from the area.
‘Impossible’ for shrews to get out of beer bottles
The charity shared a post on its Facebook to raise awareness among hikers of the importance of taking their waste home.
The post read: “Shrews like to crawl inside small holes for cover and to hunt for insects, but the smooth surface of a bottle often makes it impossible to get back out.
“If they don’t drown in rainwater or the liquid remnants of the container, they eventually die of stress, starvation or exposure when they are unable to dry off.”
The pictures posted by the organisation led to dozens of angry reactions on Facebook.
Sarah Clark said: “Why can’t people just bin stuff, it’s not difficult. They don’t deserve to be in a beautiful place.”
Locals ‘mad and sad’ over beer bottles at Glencoe
Dawn McAra wrote: “It makes me equally mad and sad. It’s not rocket science.
“You have carried it in, carry it back out. You have chosen to visit these places because they are beautiful, why leave litter and spoil it for everyone else!”
Gordon Hall described the images as “totally disgusting and cruel” while Morag Brown wrote they were “absolutely sickening.”
Meanwhile, Paul Rose said the post was “terrible and deeply saddening” while Lesley McAneny-Turner and Neil Bell said it was “heartbreaking”.
