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One of our rarest and most elusive mammals, the Scottish Wildcat, epitomises the Scottish Highlands. Sometimes referred to as the...

Pine Martens are solitary creatures and will spend most of their awake time in independent activity. During our evening watches guests...

As we move through the month of October the colours throughout Speyside have transformed into shades of gold, orange and yellow. The...

Within the clan, our two younger boars are steadily approaching full maturation as they head towards their second year. Although they...

At the Speyside Wildlife Hide, we have been enjoying the glorious summer evenings, a welcome respite from the harsh cold of winter. The...

It has been a beautiful and peaceful time at the Speyside Wildlife Mammal Hide and a joy to watch the Badgers continue to nosy their way...

The Pine Martens have been showing off their skillful climbing abilities at the Speyside Wildlife Hide. With the increasingly later...

Many people visit the Cairngorms National Park for its beauty and a chance to see some of the unique wildlife that can be found here....

As we come to the end of March, spring is in the air, the evenings are getting much lighter and the wildlife continue to get more active...

Autumn has been a perfect time to look for the fantastic fungi found in nature. Coming in all shapes, sizes and colours the wet autumn...

Dark nights are upon us and as the Autumn turns to Winter the feeding and movement of the mammals will begin to change. The wildlife hide...

As we come to the end of the summer months, we take a look at one of the areas favourite breeding birds found in here in the Cairngorms...

The Cairngorms National Park is full of a variety of environments making it very varied and desirable to a lot of visitors for different...

As Spring rolls into summer, heathland becomes carpeted in every colour of the rainbow. If you read our May in the Cairngorms blog, you...

We all know that it is important to take care of the wildlife in our gardens such as birds and mammals. But the smaller pollinators...

As the weather is beginning to change and the spring equinox is upon us, days begin to get longer, and we are noticing changes...

The first month of the year has been a mix of sunshine, showers, storms and snow. With the unseasonable weather continuing, buds are...

During the festive period, wildlife also have an important part in Christmas celebrations around the world and here in the Cairngorms....

Rewilding is not just about the reintroduction of large carnivores such as Wolf and Lynx, its about the restoration of ecosystems and...

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...