Otter Spotting
We are spoiled for choice with amazing wildlife here in the Scottish Highlands. From Golden eagles soaring high above open hills to Red...
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Ailie Brown
Dec 19, 20223 min read
The Twelve Species of Speyside
Twelve Bramblings perching, Eleven Snow Buntings flocking, Ten Red Deer prancing, Nine Red Squirrels leaping, Eight Black Grouse grazing,...
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Ailie Brown
Oct 1, 20222 min read
Enchanting October
Oh October! Lovely warm orange colours and crunchy leaves underfoot and in the Cairngorm’s National Park, nature’s natural firework...
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Ailie Brown
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Spendid September
September is a month of change, a change in colour, a change in weather and a change in wildlife. The Cairngorms National Park has so...
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Harris Brooker
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Midsummer Moments
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms, the action has kept going. The Badgers have kept coming in every day like...
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Olly Slessor
Jun 10, 20223 min read
A Scottish Spring and Early Summer in the Cairngorms
Day guiding through mid May to early June in the Cairngorms National Park has shown a nice variety of bird and wildlife species. Our late...
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Eve Love
Oct 25, 20213 min read
Winter Secrets
As we move through the month of October the colours throughout Speyside have transformed into shades of gold, orange and yellow. The...
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Eve Love
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Hungry Badgers
Throughout the Cairngorms, we have passed by the tipping point of summer and have begun our march towards Autumn with the signs of colder...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Garden Wildlife and the Big Garden Birdwatch
With the cold weather, we have been experiencing and snow on the ground our wildlife often uses our garden for refuge. Providing food,...
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Speyside Wildlife
Dec 21, 20202 min read
Footprints in the Snow
There is nothing quite like waking up to a blanket of snow that has fallen overnight. The dull browns of the winter countryside are now...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 30, 20202 min read
November in the Cairngorms
It has been a month of early sunsets, woodland walks and time at home this November in the Cairngorms as winter creeps up on us. It has...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 17, 20202 min read
Summer at the Wildlife Hide
Our new wildlife viewing facility has now been open for three weeks, and it feels great to be able to share wildlife sightings with the...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Welcome to our Wildlife Hide
It has been an exciting time at our wildlife hide, with more times to follow. After a few months of unanticipated waiting we are...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Nice Surprise at the Wildlife Hide
We will look back at the past fortnight and what has been active at our wildlife hide. the weather has been changeable, but the lighter...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jan 28, 20202 min read
5 Key Winter Species of the Cairngorms
Winter can be a quieter time of year for wildlife with many of migratory birds away and the weather more unpredictable. There is plenty...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jan 20, 20202 min read
How to Help your Garden Wildlife this Winter
With the cooler weather in the winter months, it is important to think of the wildlife that are active throughout this time. Birds...
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Speyside Wildlife
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Wildlife playing a part in Christmas Traditions
During the festive period, wildlife also have an important part in Christmas celebrations around the world and here in the Cairngorms....
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Speyside Wildlife
May 15, 20192 min read
NE250 with Julian Sykes and Kate Mennie
Starting with the Cairngorms National Park on the NE250 Ptarmigan This was an inaugural (and not our last) tour of the ‘NE250’, a road...
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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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Speyside Wildlife
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Scotland’s Big 5 – Wildlife in the Cairngorms
There is no doubt that people visit Scotland for it’s wildlife. It is no African safari, but Scotland has its own unique ‘Big 5’ wildlife...
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