As summer approaches, the nights get lighter and it doesn’t get darker until much later. The animals are still coming to the hide,...

This past spring has been full of lovely moments during our Guided Day’s Out. We have had gorgeous warm weather with lots of sunshine, providing a warm welcome to our spring migrants. There has been many magical moments and many great wildlife sightings. Here is just a few of our highlights from this past spring.

The Badgers are coming to the hide much later, with the daylight hours extending until after 10 pm, we have adjusted our start time and this can mean some very late nights. One night after 11 pm, a female Badger walked in and was transitioning into her summer coat. Her fur was mostly blonde, but with a grey patch spreading down the neck. I explained to the guests that the grey patch was the summer coat coming through and it looks a deeper silvery grey than its winter coat.

Spring is now here, and all the animals at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide are becoming more active.

Spring is finally here and with it an increase in Badger sightings at our hide near Aviemore compared to the winter months. There are...

“ Two of the most beautiful places in Scotland in one holiday! Starting off at the wonderful Tigh na Sgiath Hotel, we shall spend a few...

Winter can be a quiet time for our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide.

2024 is nearly at an end, so it’s time to give you a roundup of the year’s highlights from our mammal hide in the Cairngorms.

We have been very fortunate to have many people visit us and share a Guided Day’s Out with us, this past year. We have visited all the...

Conifers have a special significance with wildlife and culture and in Scotland the ancient Caledonian Pine Forest

Our monthly sightings update from our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.

During your visit to the Cairngorms, some of the common species you will see include rabbits and hares.

Our monthly sightings update from our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.

Following the recent re-introduction of Beavers to the Cairngorms National Park we wanted to take this month to focus on this incredible

Our monthly sightings update from our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.

At home in Speyside and Cairngorms, It’s an odd time of year for birding. The adults are hiding away, growing new feathers and taking....

Badger Sightings The cold period that kept the Badgers inside their setts has long since passed. There’s still eight of them and the...

Badger Sightings The Badgers continue to come in and feed at our hide near Aviemore, now that the winter has passed it is warmer and that...

One of our rarest and most elusive mammals, the Scottish Wildcat, epitomises the Scottish Highlands. Sometimes referred to as the Highland Tiger, they are about the same size as a domestic cat but bulkier. They have greyish fur with black stripes and a thick club-like tail, with three to five black bands on it, with no line running down. The Wildcat is said to look more ‘serious’, which emphasises its wild nature, far from the comparative gentleness of domestic cats. Contrary

Something we do very well at Speyside Wildlife is watch wildlife. We go to all corners of Scotland and the world, in pursuit of some of...