August is a quieter month for wildlife sightings, but there is still plenty to be found, both within the Cairngorms National Park and beyond. One day, I took some guests out within the National Park and along the Moray coast. We started in a moorland area, where we managed to see Mallards and a Red Breasted Merganser with chicks. As there wasn’t much else happening, we moved to a lochside and found Mallards, Goldeneyes, Little Grebes and two Slavonian Grebes with a chick. We

From magical evenings on Mousa surrounded by swirling Storm Petrels to close encounters with Puffins, Otters and Red-necked Phalaropes, this year's Shetland tour was packed with unforgettable wildlife experiences. Add spectacular seabird cliffs, Arctic Skuas, Bonxies and thousands of Gannets, and it was another memorable week exploring one of Britain's most wildlife-rich island archipelagos.