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Why Scottish Alpine Botany is the Best
Speyside Wildlife prides itself in showing our clients the best wildlife Scotland has to offer. So I thought I could give our readers an insight into the incredible flora of the Scottish Highlands which is just as varied as our birds and mammals and much less well known. Since having moved to the Cairngorms to run our Evening Mammal Hide , I have been enjoying exploring each season as it comes. Scotland has many mountains - these mountains support plants that can’t survive a

Harris Brooker
Aug 19, 20226 min read
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August is Here
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, the action has kept going. The Badgers have kept coming, even before I...

Harris Brooker
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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A Stunning Scottish Summer Continues in the Scottish Highlands
Now is prime summertime in the Cairngorms and Scottish Highlands and our Guided Days Out throughout July have been fantastic. Most young...
oliverslessor
Aug 2, 20223 min read
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Midsummer Moments
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms, the action has kept going. The Badgers have kept coming in every day like...

Harris Brooker
Jul 25, 20222 min read
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Here Comes July
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, the action has kept going. There are now eleven Badgers known to have...

Harris Brooker
Jul 11, 20222 min read
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A Superb Scottish Summer in the Scottish Highlands
Now is summertime in the Scottish highlands and our Guided Days Out through mid to late June have been superb. It is full on with...

Olly Slessor
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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Summer Marches On
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms, the action has kept going. The male Pine Marten is still coming in. Sometimes...

Harris Brooker
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Multitudinous Happenings
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms National Park will probably always be one of our timeless classics. The Badgers have...

Harris Brooker
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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Let There Be Light
At the Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms our evenings are busier than ever. The hide is full on more days than I can...

Harris Brooker
May 29, 20222 min read
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Joyous June
As spring moves into summer in the Cairngorms National Park, we expect warmer weather and lots of activity. Everything looks gloriously...

Ailie Brown
May 27, 20222 min read
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Summer is Nearly Here
Our Pine Martens are still coming in regularly to our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms near Aviemore. Their summer moult is nearly...

Harris Brooker
May 17, 20221 min read
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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...

Olly Slessor
May 12, 20223 min read
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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...

Harris Brooker
May 2, 20222 min read
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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...

Ailie Brown
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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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...

Harris Brooker
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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More About Ospreys and Where Do They Winter?
With the recent spell of sunshine we had in the Cairngorms, I took to my local woodland and riverside walk to listen and look for spring...

Ailie Brown
Apr 1, 20224 min read
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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...

katemennie
Mar 12, 20222 min read
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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...

Harris Brooker
Mar 8, 20221 min read
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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...

Stuart Housden
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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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....

Harris Brooker
Feb 18, 20221 min read
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