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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

With summer holiday’s continuing, the wildlife hide has been busy, with a noticeable difference to the daylight getting shorter. Even...

We are now in the height of the summer holidays and the wildlife hide has been full of interesting behaviours and some stormy nights....

After the news about our wildlife hide, we were determined not to let this affect the wildlife. Baiting has been continued and we have...

Spring has fully sprung, with nights getting much lighter and milder, wildlife being active and plenty of action at our Wildlife Hide....

Wow, what a scorcher! This week has seen temperatures approach mid-twenties in what has been a glorious Easter in the Cairngorms. With...

With only a few days of snow flurries, March into April has been reasonably mild in the Cairngorms, with daffodils making an early...

Is it Winter or Spring? The weather has indeed been changeable in the past few weeks, with what’s called the ‘lambing snow’ hitting the...

It was a wet and windy week at the Wildlife Hide, with brief sightings including footage from our night vision cameras. As we head into...

The warm weather lasted until the end of February, where the mammals behaviour changed as the females start to look ahead to giving birth...

The mild weather continues in the Cairngorms and at the wildlife hide. There has been a Spring step in all the wildlife over the last...

Stepping outside our fabulous accommodation in Speyside at The Steading, you are instantly immersed in the sounds of Spring in the...

The first month of the new year is over and we look forward to the year ahead. Until the middle of January, the Cairngorms had...

With a mild start to the year, the weather has certainly turned more Wintery, with snow creating a white blanket on the ground and...

Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a good time over the festive period and that the new year brings lots of new wildlife moments...

After the busy Summer season at the Wildlife Hide, things have taking a slower approach. The evenings are at their darkest and the...