Seabirds galore, Puffins galore, spectacular scenery, phalaropes, eagles, Hen Harriers, Short-eared Owls, Manx Shearwaters, exclusive boat charters, great accommodation and food. We all fell in love with this holiday.

From rare Turtle Doves and Red-necked Phalaropes to point-blank Puffins, Roseate Terns and Atlantic Grey Seals, this year's Farne Islands tour delivered memorable wildlife at every turn. Boat trips to the Farnes, Coquet and Holy Island, alongside visits to Kielder Forest and Druridge Bay, produced a fantastic mix of birds, stunning landscapes and unforgettable experiences.

June is one of our busiest months for day guiding in Speyside. The summer visitors are all here and there are lots of breeding birds around and lots of wildflowers. One day guide started off with a request to see Crested Tit and Crossbill before going up Cairngorm and looking for mountain species. We began early and managed to hear Crossbills but not see them. We walked around and managed to briefly see and hear a Common Redstart. We wandered an area with smaller pines lookin

Highlights from our ‘Yorkshire in Summer’ holiday have been Bempton Cliffs, visits to varied habitats, gorgeous scenery and witnessing a spectacular evening performance from local Nightjars. We’ve thrilled at fly-pasts from Bittern, Goshawk, Spoonbill and Gannets, drifts of glorious wildflowers, 21 species of butterflies and dazzling Dragonflies and Damselflies.

The Evening Wildlife Watching Hide is getting plenty of sightings, with daily sightings of Badgers, several of Pine Marten and a few Scottish Wildcat. On many nights we have seen Roe Deer, Red Deer, Wood Mice, a Barn Owl, Woodcock and both Soprano and Common Pipistrelles. There have been the occasional sightings of Buzzard flying over the trees. Leopard Slugs, Black Slugs, Common Toads, Common Frogs and Palmate Newts have also been seen.

Six owl species, close encounters with Brown Bears, a surprise Wolf and unforgettable views of Wolverines made this year's Finland Birds & Mammals holiday one to remember. Read Roy's highlights from a week packed with northern Europe's most sought-after wildlife.

May is one of our busiest months for day guiding in Speyside, and for good reason. It is when the wildlife reaches its peak, alongside June. The summer visitors have all returned and the breeding season is well underway. One of my day guides began in an area of birch woodland, looking for Wood Warblers, Tree Pipits and Pied Flycatchers. We managed to see two Wood Warblers carrying nesting material, confirming they had returned to breed in the area this year. Pied Flycatcher w

This past summer has been a series of surprises during our Guided Day’s Out. The Summer months always seem a little bit quieter with most birds quietly recovering from raising young. However, with more birds present, provides more food availability for raptors.

July is a time when a lot of animals are beginning to appear earlier in the night, especially in the latter part of the month. There has been plenty of sightings of Badgers, Pine Martens, Scottish Wildcat, Wood Mice, Bank Voles, Roe Deer, Red Deer and even Red Squirrels. We have heard Grasshopper Warbler and Tawny Owl with Barn Owl sometimes being seen in the fields below.

As summer approaches, the nights get lighter and it doesn’t get darker until much later. The animals are still coming to the hide,...

Spring is finally here and with it an increase in Badger sightings at our hide near Aviemore compared to the winter months. There are...

During your visit to the Cairngorms, some of the common species you will see include rabbits and hares.

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....

It is by far, my favourite thing to do other than birdwatching. Gardening! It may not be everybody’s idea of fun....

Here is our monthly update from our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore. Badgers - The Badgers have continued to amuse...

Common Buzzard (Buteo Buteo) - One of our commonest raptors and often mistaken for the Golden Eagle, it has been dubbed the ‘Tourist’s...

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...

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...

At our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore, the Badgers are still coming regularly to feed and delight our visitors at every turn. There’s...

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...