Scotland: Wild wallabies spotted on Loch Lomond island A lucky couple have had a rare encounter with wild wallabies living on an island in a Scottish loch. Ashley Weiss, from Colorado, USA, and her husband George, from Dundee, were hopping with excitement when they made the amazing sightings at the end of last month. The couple had been exploring Inchconnachan Island in Loch Lomond , which is famous for being home to an elusive population of Australian marsupials.
Despite being a relatively small island, thick woodland and boggy terrain mean seeing the three-foot-tall animals is actually very rare. But as these photographs and video show, Ashley and George were treated to an incredible view of the kangaroo-like creatures in a patch of woodland. READ MORE: Beautiful little village which has the 'best' views of lochs in the UK Campers on an island in Scotland were stunned to be confronted by wallabies (Image: Supplied ) The red-necked wallabies arrived on the island in the 1940s when they were introduced by Fiona Gore, the Countess of Arran.
The 103-acre island in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is still home to a wild population today. Ashley said she and her husband made sure to walk very quietly and it took around 15 to 30 minutes before they saw their first wallaby. Ashley said: “My husband and I were looking for them both times, and we had to walk very quietly and go off the path into the more heavily forested areas to see them.
“We tracked one of the w.