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Coping with the cold at the Wildlife Hide
With November quickly coming to an end the mammal’s activity levels are more noticeable and so are the temperatures. The week started...

Speyside Wildlife
Nov 25, 20192 min read
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Surprise Sighting and Snowy Tracks – Wildlife Hide
The Cairngorms is getting colder and at the wildlife hide the first of the snow arrived last week. The change in weather also means a...

Speyside Wildlife
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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An Old Friend at the Wildlife Hide
The winter season has begun, with the clocks going back and dark evening ahead. Our evening wildlife hide continues to have visitors and...

Speyside Wildlife
Nov 12, 20192 min read
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Wildlife Hide Antics
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Oct 29, 20192 min read
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Autumn at the Wildlife Hide
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Oct 22, 20192 min read
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Mice for Dinner at the Wildlife Hide
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Sep 20, 20192 min read
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Leaping Pine Martens at the Wildlife Hide
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Aug 30, 20192 min read
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Brave Pine Martens at the Wildlife Hide
With summer holiday’s continuing, the wildlife hide has been busy, with a noticeable difference to the daylight getting shorter. Even...

Speyside Wildlife
Aug 20, 20192 min read
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Stormy Nights and Interesting Behaviour
We are now in the height of the summer holidays and the wildlife hide has been full of interesting behaviours and some stormy nights....

Speyside Wildlife
Aug 5, 20192 min read
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Continued Watching at our Wildlife Hide…
After the news about our wildlife hide, we were determined not to let this affect the wildlife. Baiting has been continued and we have...

Speyside Wildlife
Jul 4, 20192 min read
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Our Evening Mammal Hide
We are saddened to report, that in the early hours of Saturday morning (11 May) our Evening Mammal Hide, based on Rothiemurchus burned...

Speyside Wildlife
May 13, 20191 min read
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Action at the Wildlife Hide
Spring has fully sprung, with nights getting much lighter and milder, wildlife being active and plenty of action at our Wildlife Hide....

Speyside Wildlife
May 1, 20193 min read
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Temperatures Rising in the Cairngorms
Wow, what a scorcher! This week has seen temperatures approach mid-twenties in what has been a glorious Easter in the Cairngorms. With...

Speyside Wildlife
Apr 24, 20193 min read
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Spring in the Cairngorms
With only a few days of snow flurries, March into April has been reasonably mild in the Cairngorms, with daffodils making an early...

Speyside Wildlife
Apr 15, 20192 min read
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Has Spring arrived at the Wildlife Hide?
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Apr 9, 20192 min read
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Braving the Weather at the Wildlife Hide
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Mar 19, 20192 min read
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Inquisitive Visitors to the Hide
The warm weather lasted until the end of February, where the mammals behaviour changed as the females start to look ahead to giving birth...

Speyside Wildlife
Mar 11, 20192 min read
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New Visitors to the Wildlife Hide
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Feb 19, 20192 min read
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Speyside 24/7 Holiday – witness change in the Cairngorms!
Stepping outside our fabulous accommodation in Speyside at The Steading, you are instantly immersed in the sounds of Spring in the...

Speyside Wildlife
Feb 19, 20193 min read
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January in the Cairngorms
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...

Speyside Wildlife
Feb 5, 20192 min read
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