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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...