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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 9, 20192 min read
British Columbia 2019 with Roy Atkins and Julian Sykes
Pod of Orcas (Julian Sykes) We set out into Johnstone Straight with high hopes that we might see Orca. The captain seemed pretty...
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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 29, 20195 min read
Botswana 2019 Memories with Jane Nickerson (Guest)
My long-awaited trip to Botswana provided me with a myriad of experiences which I had only dreamt of. This is not a diary or day by day...
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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 8, 20191 min read
Yorkshire in Summer with Sally Nowell
Yellowhammer (Chris Piper) This was our first venture into Yorkshire in the summer and it did not disappoint! Our trip was packed with...
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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 17, 20192 min read
All the Action at the Wildlife Hide
Since our last blog, the temporary wildlife hide has been busy! It is now the height of Summer (although the weather doesn’t seem to...
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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 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
May 8, 20192 min read
Extremadura with Darren Rees
Surprises! Ferruginous Duck (Michael Pearcey) My tour-leading year often starts, first of all, with Extremadura in spring and you might...
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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, 20192 min read
Costa Rica 2019 with Roy Atkins
Day One’s Magic Moment! “It was day one and we were rushing for a boat, with some way still to go, when Roger said, “that was a sloth!”...
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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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