Speyside Wildlife
What’s that Bird? – Wildlife ID Qualification
Learn how to identify Scottish wildlife correctly through our Lantra accredited qualification – Wildlife Identification of the...
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Speyside Wildlife
Dec 3, 20182 min read
November in the Cairngorms
The cold nights and the storms bringing lots of wind, caused the last of the golden autumn leaves to blow off the trees, leaving them...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 5, 20182 min read
Autumn at the Wildlife Hide
The season is coming to and end now, with the night’s drawing in and clocks changing at the weekend. After a warm Summer, the Autumn...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 1, 20182 min read
October in the Cairngorms
October has seen the Cairngorms filled with sunshine and showers, Autumn colours and a change in our wildlife. The Summer visitors have...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Summer Showdown at the Hide
The Wildlife Hide has had a busy season this year with the nights now drawing in and Autumn coming to an end. We have had visitors from...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 1, 20182 min read
September in the Cairngorms
Although Summer is at an end, some days have had warmth in the air with a mix of light showers and sunny spells. Autumn colours began to...
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Speyside Wildlife
Sep 4, 20182 min read
August in the Cairngorms
With the summer coming to an end, the wild heather was at its peak and blooming a vibrant lilac purple that filled the ground throughout...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 5, 20182 min read
July in the Cairngorms
For two months now, I have been talking about the warm and dry weather that the Cairngorms has been experiencing. Well July wasn’t much...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 30, 20182 min read
A Scottish Summer Continues
As England experienced a heat wave, here in the Cairngorms we welcomed a breeze to our warm air and rain drops to our dry gardens and...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 25, 20183 min read
Nights that barely see complete darkness…
As nights that barely see complete darkness, very slowly begin to take on an earlier hue of dusky grey and July edges further away from...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 24, 20185 min read
What is a Pine Marten?
Here in the beautiful Scottish Highlands we are blessed to have in our midst some of the most beautiful and endangered species in the UK....
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 11, 20182 min read
June in the Cairngorms
It has been the “fourth hottest June ever experienced in Scotland. (BBC NEWS)” with temperate of thirty-two degrees on the last week on...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 9, 20182 min read
Pine Marten Fun
Pine Martens aren’t always predictable as to when and where they might be seen. On occasions away from the hide I have seen them as I...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 6, 20183 min read
The Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel (Judith Nott) The Red Squirrel – possibly one of the most iconic species of the Highlands of Scotland – is much loved by...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jul 2, 20182 min read
Scotland or the Mediterranean?
For over a month now the weather has been dry and sunny with last week recording the hottest temperatures of thirty-two degrees. With...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jun 25, 20182 min read
Midsummer Fun at the Hide
The Summer Solstice, or Midsummer is when the sun is at its highest point in the sky of the year and known as the longest day. Here in...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jun 19, 20182 min read
Summer Nights at the Hide
With the lighter evenings, every night at the hide is different as to what and when things will make an appearance. The Badgers are...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jun 13, 20182 min read
May in the Cairngorms
Summer has finally arrived in the Cairngorms after what has been a long and cold Winter/Spring. With temperate of around twenty five...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jun 12, 20182 min read
Late Nights and Kit Delight
An interesting time all round at the wildlife hide the past couple of weeks. With very light, warm evenings and darkness falling around...
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Speyside Wildlife
Jun 11, 20182 min read
Speyside 24/7 2018 Trip Report
“What a great week we had, full of surprises. After spending one evening visiting our Evening Mammal Hide, where we saw Badgers and two...
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