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
- 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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Harris Brooker
- Jul 31, 2023
- 4 min
Botany in Speyside (Part 2)
Hello everyone, it’s Harris here and we are back with part two of ‘Botany in Speyside’. Last time we looked at some of the rarest plants...
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Harris Brooker
- Jul 17, 2023
- 2 min
Midsummer is Here
At our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore, the Badgers are still coming regularly to feed and delight our visitors at every turn. There’s...
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Harris Brooker
- Jul 3, 2023
- 4 min
Botany in Speyside (Part 1)
Hi Everyone. For this post I’m going to talk about botany. The Cairngorms is well known for its birds and mammals. But equally as rare...
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Ailie Brown
- Jun 28, 2023
- 2 min
A Lunch with a View in the Cairngorms
As any good guide knows, when planning a day out, you don’t only think of the species you hope to see and where you think they might be....
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Harris Brooker
- Jun 19, 2023
- 1 min
June Is Here
The action has kept going at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide and the Badgers have been coming every night. No sign of the cubs yet but...
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Harris Brooker
- Jun 5, 2023
- 4 min
Summer Visitors to the Cairngorms National Park
In this post I’ll be sharing with you our star attractions that appear seasonally in Speyside and the surrounding areas. Some you might...
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Harris Brooker
- Apr 24, 2023
- 1 min
Spring is Here
At our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide, the Badgers have continued to entertain visitors. They feed peacefully most of the time but now...
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Harris Brooker
- Apr 10, 2023
- 4 min
Pine Martens in the Scottish Highlands
One of our most elusive mammals in Britain, the Pine Marten captures human imagination. It is a member of the weasel family Mustelidae,...
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Harris Brooker
- Mar 27, 2023
- 2 min
The Days are Getting Longer in Speyside
At our Evening Mammal Watching Hide near Aviemore, the days are getting longer and we are starting later in the evening. We have had up...
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Harris Brooker
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Last Days of Summer
The action has kept going at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide this summer and there have been some exciting changes made to our hide...
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Harris Brooker
- Aug 19, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Harris Brooker
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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oliverslessor
- Aug 2, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Ailie Brown
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
August in Speyside
August is such a vibrant month for looking for wildlife. In the Cairngorms National Park, the variety of habitats means a variety of...
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Harris Brooker
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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