Hi wild-woman I live in Perthshire and every so often we see the northern lights some nights have been really spectacular large displays, you can see two images of the Aurora Borealis I took near my home in Perthshire through these links:
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...mage-4891.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...mage-4890.html
I would say the best time of year to see the Northern lights in Scotland is in Autumn this is purely beceause this is when I see it most often, The best places to go to see the Northern lights in Scotland would be as far north as possible as this is where you are more likely to see some activity. However it all depends on Sunspots on the surface of the sun facing towards Earth which trigger off the possibility of the Aurora Borealis. I am a member of a site called
www.spaceweather.com/
this site emails you when there is any solar activity eg Aurora Borealis.
Hope this helps.
Fergus