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The winter season has begun, with the clocks going back and dark evening ahead. Our evening wildlife hide continues to have visitors and...

Frosty Autumn morning (Kate M) October has been a month of change. From the change in the seasonal weather, to the behaviours and...

The last official week of the summer season, with the wildlife hide still being visited as the schools go on holiday. Quite a few windy...

Autumn is in full swing, and the mammals at the wildlife hide have been very active. Autumn is a key time for all mammals to get as much...

September saw a huge difference in weather patterns, with storms over America, in the Cairngorms we got a combination of warm days before...

The leaves are beginning to fall from the tees and bushes, making it easier to see any animals approaching the hide. This past week the...

With summer holiday’s continuing, the wildlife hide has been busy, with a noticeable difference to the daylight getting shorter. Even...

This month has been filled with warmth, mixed weather and lots of insect action in our wildflower meadows. July is typically a warm month...

We are now in the height of the summer holidays and the wildlife hide has been full of interesting behaviours and some stormy nights....

Snow flurries still occurred throughout May, much to the wildlife’s surprise. Migrant bird such as Cuckoo and Flycatchers were...

After the news about our wildlife hide, we were determined not to let this affect the wildlife. Baiting has been continued and we have...

Spring has fully sprung, with nights getting much lighter and milder, wildlife being active and plenty of action at our Wildlife Hide....

Is it Winter or Spring? The weather has indeed been changeable in the past few weeks, with what’s called the ‘lambing snow’ hitting the...

There is no doubt that people visit Scotland for it’s wildlife. It is no African safari, but Scotland has its own unique ‘Big 5’ wildlife...

The warm weather lasted until the end of February, where the mammals behaviour changed as the females start to look ahead to giving birth...

Black Grouse, or Black Cock, with their distinctive red eyebrows, blue-black feathers and an impressive white tail that forms a fan when...

Why the North East The North East of Scotland is maybe less explored than the rest of Scotland, but certainly has a lot to offer. Inland...

Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a good time over the festive period and that the new year brings lots of new wildlife moments...

The cold nights and the storms bringing lots of wind, caused the last of the golden autumn leaves to blow off the trees, leaving them...

The Wildlife Hide has had a busy season this year with the nights now drawing in and Autumn coming to an end. We have had visitors from...