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A lot has happened these past two weeks at our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms. The Badgers are still coming in daily, feeding,...

Snow flurries and more windstorms have made February quieter in terms of guiding. The winter wildlife has been enjoying some of the...

It’s been quite an exciting week at our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, with the Badgers coming in every night. They’ve been up to...

“It is now officially spring and I am looking forward to leading our Ultimate Uists holiday to the wildlife rich landscape of these...

Ailie is part of our current cohort just coming to the end of their Wildlife Identification in the Cairngorms qualification and the...

“I’m Harris, I have recently started with Speyside Wildlife as the new guide of our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms....

Along with 8 other guests, Jean was able to travel on her much-anticipated trip to Antarctica at the end of 2021 with our guide, Roy...

A new year of wildlife, bird lists and wildlife moments to remember has begun. January is a month to take time in the winter hours to...

"We felt very lucky that this trip even happened! If Omicron had reared its head earlier who knows, but there we were in November….. on a...

Every January, the RSPB launch their ‘Big Garden Birdwatch.’ It’s a chance for everyone to take part in a citizen science project from...

It’s a new year at our Evening Wildlife Hide. We continue to welcome visitors and wildlife to our hide and look forward to new adventures...

The days are short and cold, but winter in the Cairngorms is filled with breathtaking scenes. As we moved from autumn into winter, the...

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

As we move through the month of October the colours throughout Speyside have transformed into shades of gold, orange and yellow. The...

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

As the nights are beginning to draw in the forest floor has become carpeted with fallen curled orange leaves. The clan are beginning to...

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...

It has been a busy few months in Speyside; the spring quickly rolled into summer....

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