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

The animals are beginning to change in appearance as the nights grow darker and the weather colder. Both the Badgers and Pine Martens are...

Throughout the Cairngorms, we have passed by the tipping point of summer and have begun our march towards Autumn with the signs of colder...

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

Our local wildlife is constantly coming into close contact with human settlements and at the hide we benefit from this close...

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

A week of beautiful weather has had everyone in the Cairngorms breathing a sigh of relief after a particularly tricky cold and wet start...

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 showers of the white kind carpeted the Cairngorm National Park this April. We had all four seasons in one month and our wildlife...

With its rugged coastline, remote islands, blue water and wildlife around every corner, the Coast of Scotland is a popular place to visit...

Early Spring is a particularly busy time for the Badgers social life and an array of different social behaviors have emerged. The Badgers...

This week has brought back the colder weather, delivering us ‘lambing snow’ and the Badgers have been making prompt appearances at the...

Although many of you have not had the chance to visit the area for obvious reasons, we hope these blogs keep you up to date and excited...

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...

The wildlife around our wildlife hide has spring in their steps and activity levels are beginning to increase. As the last of the birds...

February in the Cairngorms has been a month of extreme lows and highs. We have had lows of -19c on the northern side of the National...

Is spring in the air at the evening wildlife hide? We are coming to the end of the February and the animal’s behaviour begins to change....

As snow still falls here in the Cairngorms, we cannot help but think about spring days when we can hopefully welcome you back to the...

Temperatures in the Cairngorms this month have barely got above zero degrees Celsius, looking set to remain through February. Along with...

With the cold weather, we have been experiencing and snow on the ground our wildlife often uses our garden for refuge. Providing food,...