Berries predict hard winter in Scotland
The snowberry is an important winter food source for quail, pheasant, and grouse, but is considered poisonous to humans
Forget long range weather forecasts, satellite images and detailed analysis of scientific data.
The size and timing of when the berries on Colin Matthews's snowberry bush appear is all that matters.
The berries are predicting a 'hard winter' according to this story on BBC Scotland.
The winter will be cold and filled with snow.
Mr Matthews is operations manager at CairnGorm and his berries predicted the good winter snowfall of 2009 and 2010.
He has skied for 45 years and the predictions of the berries are usually spot on.
Source: www.planetski.eu