September is a quieter month for wildlife sightings, but there is still plenty to be found within the Cairngorms. One day, I took some guests up Cairngorm Mountain, but before that we wandered through a nearby pine forest and managed to see Chaffinches, Coal Tits and Crested Tits, with several of the Crested Tits coming to close range in some small Scot’s Pine trees. Afterwards, we stopped at another car park higher up and saw four male Black Grouse at a distance, pecking

Introduction It’s been a great month for sightings from the Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. We have been seeing Badgers, Pine Martens, the Scottish Wildcat, Red Deer, Roe Deer, Wood Mice and Tawny Owls. The nights are getting darker earlier and this is being reflected in the times the animals are appearing, with many arriving earlier than before. This will likely continue as the year goes on and hopefully we’ll have many more sightings to come. Badgers Badgers have been comin

October is here and it’s looking very autumnal here in the Cairngorm’s National Park. The leaves are either turning orange or have fallen off. The Ospreys have gone south to Africa, so have the Swallows, Sand and House Martins. The Black Throated Divers and Slavonian Grebes have returned to the coast for the winter. But there is still plenty happening within the National Park and before long we’re bound to get more autumn visitors.

Autumn is officially here and the nights are getting darker earlier. The nights are also getting colder, as evidenced by the need to have the heaters on in the hide. There have been Badgers, Pine Martens, Wood Mice, Bank Voles and even Pygmy Shrews have been seen at the hide for the first time. Hopefully the sightings will continue as autumn progresses. Badgers There are now seven Badgers in this particular family and they have been coming every night this month. One night ev

The air in the Cairngorms is noticeably colder, the days are becoming shorter and nature is slowing down. In the past few weeks, I have...