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

Winter is a harsh time for all, especially the wildlife that calls the Cairngorms home. With short daylight hours, gale force winds and...

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...

Winterwatch is here! The return of BBC Winterwatch has arrived and if you haven’t heard already, it’s coming from our very own Cairngorms...

Black Grouse, or Black Cock, with their distinctive red eyebrows, blue-black feathers and an impressive white tail that forms a fan when...

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...

Learn how to identify Scottish wildlife correctly through our Lantra accredited qualification – Wildlife Identification of the...

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...

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...

October has seen the Cairngorms filled with sunshine and showers, Autumn colours and a change in our wildlife. The Summer visitors have...

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...

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...

The days are drawing in here in the heart of Speyside and change is clearly afoot. The bright purple on the surrounding hills is ageing...

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...

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...

Here in the Highlands of Scotland we are blessed with an abundance of rich wildlife, sometimes literally on our doorstep! While Badgers...

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...

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...