Speyside Wildlife
Diary of a Wildlife Hide – 2019
To conclude this year’s Wildlife Watching Hide, let’s look back at 2019. If you have been following our weekly blogs, you will know all...
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Speyside Wildlife
Dec 10, 20192 min read
November in the Cairngorms
View towards Cairngorm Mountain from Loch Morlich (Kate M) The last of the leaves have fallen after a hard frost, snow has made an...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 25, 20192 min read
Coping with the cold at the Wildlife Hide
With November quickly coming to an end the mammal’s activity levels are more noticeable and so are the temperatures. The week started...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 18, 20192 min read
Surprise Sighting and Snowy Tracks – Wildlife Hide
The Cairngorms is getting colder and at the wildlife hide the first of the snow arrived last week. The change in weather also means a...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 12, 20192 min read
An Old Friend at the Wildlife Hide
The winter season has begun, with the clocks going back and dark evening ahead. Our evening wildlife hide continues to have visitors and...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 5, 20192 min read
October in the Cairngorms
Frosty Autumn morning (Kate M) October has been a month of change. From the change in the seasonal weather, to the behaviours and...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 29, 20192 min read
Wildlife Hide Antics
The last official week of the summer season, with the wildlife hide still being visited as the schools go on holiday. Quite a few windy...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 22, 20192 min read
Autumn at the Wildlife Hide
Autumn is in full swing, and the mammals at the wildlife hide have been very active. Autumn is a key time for all mammals to get as much...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 4, 20192 min read
September in the Cairngorms
September saw a huge difference in weather patterns, with storms over America, in the Cairngorms we got a combination of warm days before...
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Speyside Wildlife
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Impatient Pine Marten at the Hide
The leaves are beginning to fall from the tees and bushes, making it easier to see any animals approaching the hide. This past week the...
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Speyside Wildlife
Sep 20, 20192 min read
Mice for Dinner at the Wildlife Hide
The nights are rapidly drawing in, the colours on the trees are turning and we have had some very mixed weather. The Wildlife Hide has...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Leaping Pine Martens at the Wildlife Hide
The evening wildlife hide has been very busy with animals, including the usual Wood Mice, Bats and Owls flying by. Summer is coming to an...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 20, 20192 min read
Brave Pine Martens at the Wildlife Hide
With summer holiday’s continuing, the wildlife hide has been busy, with a noticeable difference to the daylight getting shorter. Even...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 15, 20192 min read
July in the Cairngorms
This month has been filled with warmth, mixed weather and lots of insect action in our wildflower meadows. July is typically a warm month...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Stormy Nights and Interesting Behaviour
We are now in the height of the summer holidays and the wildlife hide has been full of interesting behaviours and some stormy nights....
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 22, 20192 min read
May/June in the Cairngorms
Snow flurries still occurred throughout May, much to the wildlife’s surprise. Migrant bird such as Cuckoo and Flycatchers were...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 4, 20192 min read
Continued Watching at our Wildlife Hide…
After the news about our wildlife hide, we were determined not to let this affect the wildlife. Baiting has been continued and we have...
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Speyside Wildlife
May 1, 20193 min read
Action at the Wildlife Hide
Spring has fully sprung, with nights getting much lighter and milder, wildlife being active and plenty of action at our Wildlife Hide....
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Speyside Wildlife
Apr 24, 20193 min read
Temperatures Rising in the Cairngorms
Wow, what a scorcher! This week has seen temperatures approach mid-twenties in what has been a glorious Easter in the Cairngorms. With...
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Speyside Wildlife
Apr 15, 20192 min read
Spring in the Cairngorms
With only a few days of snow flurries, March into April has been reasonably mild in the Cairngorms, with daffodils making an early...
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