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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...

Why the North East The North East of Scotland is maybe less explored than the rest of Scotland, but certainly has a lot to offer. Inland...

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...

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...

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...

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....

It has been the “fourth hottest June ever experienced in Scotland. (BBC NEWS)” with temperate of thirty-two degrees on the last week on...

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...

Red Squirrel (Judith Nott) The Red Squirrel – possibly one of the most iconic species of the Highlands of Scotland – is much loved by...

For over a month now the weather has been dry and sunny with last week recording the hottest temperatures of thirty-two degrees. With...

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...