Summer is Nearly Here
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms goes from strength to strength. Our Pine Martens are still coming in regularly to...
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Spring Guided Days Out - Scottish Specialities and Spring Migrants
Our Guided Days Out, through April and early May, have been truly fantastic; with a nice mixture of both Scottish specialities showing...
Harris Brooker
The Evenings are Getting Busier!
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms keeps getting busier with both people and mammals and continues to throw surprises...
Ailie Brown
Spring in Speyside
Things to look and listen for during Spring in Speyside… I’ve had the pleasure recently during our Guided Days Out in the Cairngorms...
Harris Brooker
Spring Advances in Cairngorms
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms National Park is only getting busier as the year goes on. The Badgers and the...
Ailie Brown
More About Ospreys and Where Do They Winter?
With the recent spell of sunshine we’ve had in the Cairngorms, I took to my local woodland and riverside walk to listen and look for...
katemennie
February in the Cairngorms
Snow flurries and more windstorms have made February quieter in terms of guiding. The winter wildlife has been enjoying some of the...
Harris Brooker
Badgers Up To Their Old Tricks
It’s been quite an exciting week at our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, with the Badgers coming in every night. They’ve been up to...
Stuart Housden
Ultimate Uists 3-11 June with Stuart Housden
“It is now officially spring and I am looking forward to leading our Ultimate Uists holiday to the wildlife rich landscape of these...
Harris Brooker
Badgers in the Snow
“I’m Harris, I have recently started with Speyside Wildlife as the new guide of our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms....
katemennie
Hoar Frost and Sunsets in the Cairngorms, Scotland
The days are short and cold, but winter in the Cairngorms is filled with breathtaking scenes. As we moved from autumn into winter, the...
Double Trouble
Pine Martens are solitary creatures and will spend most of their awake time in independent activity. During our evening watches guests...
Winter Secrets
As we move through the month of October the colours throughout Speyside have transformed into shades of gold, orange and yellow. The...
Winter Changes
The animals are beginning to change in appearance as the nights grow darker and the weather colder. Both the Badgers and Pine Martens are...
Starry Nights
As the nights are beginning to draw in the forest floor has become carpeted with fallen curled orange leaves. The clan are beginning to...
Hungry Badgers
Throughout the Cairngorms, we have passed by the tipping point of summer and have begun our march towards Autumn with the signs of colder...
Nocturnal Neighbours
Our local wildlife is constantly coming into close contact with human settlements and at the hide we benefit from this close...
The King of Climbers
The Pine Martens have been showing off their skillful climbing abilities at the Speyside Wildlife Hide. With the increasingly later...
New Arrival
We have had an exciting new arrival at the Speyside Wildlife Hide this month. A female Pine Marten with a perfectly placed brown spot in...
April in the Cairngorms
April showers of the white kind carpeted the Cairngorm National Park this April. We had all four seasons in one month and our wildlife...