Aberdeen pensioner missing for three days found on hill by gamekeeper

An Aberdeen pensioner who was missing for three days has been found on a hill by a gamekeeper.

74-year-old Robin Green was discovered near Mount Battock this morning - it's believed he'd gone without food and drank water from a nearby burn.

Sean McCubbin, a member of Angus Glens Moorland Group spotted him when out on his quad bike.

“Our group co-ordinator had made us aware of the Police appeal and told us to look out for a missing person as we were going about our work," he said.

“I saw the man lying down by the side of the hill road. He told me he was just having a wee nap and had seen the Police chopper but it hadn’t see him.

"It was pretty overcast and a colder morning than recently and he wasn’t wearing the appropriate clothes for the weather so it was good he was located.

“I just got got on the radio and took him down to the estate office for a heat, a cup of tea and some cake but he seemed fine.”

Mr Green was previously found on moorland in Deeside by a gamekeeper, from the Grampian Moorland Group, after being reported missing.

Lianne MacLennan, Co-Ordinator of Angus Glens and Grampian Moorland Groups, who alerted local gamekeepers to the appeal said it is important to have land managers out on the hills.

“The man has been missing since Sunday so it is good he has been found. During lockdown, gamekeepers have still been able to carry out essential work, where safe to do so, but they have also helped farmers by protecting livestock during lambing and some have helped the fire service deal with wildfires.

"They are a vital resource in our countryside at times like these.”

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