Ailie Brown
A Walk Along the River Spey
At home in Speyside and Cairngorms, It’s an odd time of year for birding. The adults are hiding away, growing new feathers and taking....
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Ailie Brown
- Jul 8
- 4 min
Gardening for Wildlife
It is by far, my favourite thing to do other than birdwatching. Gardening! It may not be everybody’s idea of fun....
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Harris Brooker
- Apr 22
- 3 min
April 2024 Evening Mammal Hide Update
Badger Sightings The cold period that kept the Badgers inside their setts has long since passed. There’s still eight of them and the...
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Harris Brooker
- Mar 26
- 3 min
March 2024 Evening Mammal Hide Update
Badger Sightings The Badgers continue to come in and feed at our hide near Aviemore, now that the winter has passed it is warmer and that...
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Harris Brooker
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Scottish Wildcat in the Cairngorms National Park
One of our rarest and most elusive mammals, the Scottish Wildcat, epitomises the Scottish Highlands. Sometimes referred to as the...
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Harris Brooker
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Hide Update February 2024
Badgers A trickle of normality is returning following the end of winter at our hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms. The Badgers have...
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Harris Brooker
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Finches of Speyside
This blog focuses on finches, a group of colourful songbirds known for their diet of seeds and insects. It will discuss how to recognise...
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Harris Brooker
- Feb 2
- 3 min
January 2024 Evening Mammal Hide Update
Our local Badgers Winter is a quieter time at the hide for Badgers. Stormy and cold weather can sometimes keep them at bay and when they...
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Harris Brooker
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Tit Species in Speyside
In this blog post we’ll talk about the five species of tit that occur in Speyside. All of them can occur on bird feeders here, but one of...
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Harris Brooker
- Dec 18, 2023
- 4 min
Crossbills
There are currently three species of crossbill recognised in Speyside: the Common Crossbill, the Scottish Crossbill and the Parrot...
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David Hull
- Dec 4, 2023
- 3 min
December 2023 Mammal Hide Update
Autumn in the Cairngorms is a good time to view the mammals from the hide, they now have their thick winter coats and come in to feed and...
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Harris Brooker
- Nov 6, 2023
- 1 min
Monthly Hide Update
Here is our monthly update from our hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms. Our Local Badger Clan - There are at least eight Badgers in our...
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Ailie Brown
- Oct 27, 2023
- 3 min
Wonderful Wildlife and Walking
It’s a great past time of mine, walking and looking for wildlife at the same time. In the past couple years, gaining more experience as a...
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Harris Brooker
- Oct 23, 2023
- 4 min
Owls in Speyside, Scotland
In this blog post we’ll talk about the four most regular owl species found in Speyside and in most of Britain. Because most of these are...
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Harris Brooker
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min
Monthly Hide Update
Here is our monthly update from our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore. Badgers - They’ve been coming in every day...
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Ailie Brown
- Sep 29, 2023
- 2 min
The Arrival of the Autumn Migration
Here in Strathspey, it has been noticeable quieter the last couple weeks. Warblers and Swallows left us to head for warmer climates for...
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Harris Brooker
- Sep 25, 2023
- 4 min
Red Deer Rut
Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus) are the largest species of deer in the UK and its largest land animal. They can stand up to one metre...
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Harris Brooker
- Sep 11, 2023
- 1 min
Monthly Hide Report
Here is our monthly update from our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore. Badgers - The Badgers have continued to amuse...
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Harris Brooker
- Aug 28, 2023
- 5 min
Raptor Blog
Common Buzzard (Buteo Buteo) - One of our commonest raptors and often mistaken for the Golden Eagle, it has been dubbed the ‘Tourist’s...
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Harris Brooker
- Aug 14, 2023
- 1 min
Evening Wildlife Watching Hide Update
Our Local Badger Clan - There are at least nine Badgers in our group, one of which is a cub from this year which took almost a month to...
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