WELCOME TO THE SPEYSIDE WILDLIFE BLOG

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

Surprises! Ferruginous Duck (Michael Pearcey) My tour-leading year often starts, first of all, with Extremadura in spring and you might...

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

Day One’s Magic Moment! “It was day one and we were rushing for a boat, with some way still to go, when Roger said, “that was a sloth!”...

With only a few days of snow flurries, March into April has been reasonably mild in the Cairngorms, with daffodils making an early...

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...

Catalunya, Cataluñia or Catalonia? That’s the question! Can you place it on a map? It’s the north-east corner of Spain, or the Iberian...

With freezing temperatures at the beginning and temperatures of seventeen degrees by the end, February has felt like a jump into Spring....

The mild weather continues in the Cairngorms and at the wildlife hide. There has been a Spring step in all the wildlife over the last...

Winter is a harsh time for all, especially the wildlife that calls the Cairngorms home. With short daylight hours, gale force winds and...

The first month of the new year is over and we look forward to the year ahead. Until the middle of January, the Cairngorms had...

With a mild start to the year, the weather has certainly turned more Wintery, with snow creating a white blanket on the ground and...

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...

After the busy Summer season at the Wildlife Hide, things have taking a slower approach. The evenings are at their darkest and the...

Although Summer is at an end, some days have had warmth in the air with a mix of light showers and sunny spells. Autumn colours began to...

With the summer coming to an end, the wild heather was at its peak and blooming a vibrant lilac purple that filled the ground throughout...