Harris Brooker
Summer is Nearly Here
Our Pine Martens are still coming in regularly to our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms near Aviemore. Their summer moult is nearly...
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Spring Guided Days Out - Scottish Specialities and Spring Migrants
Our Guided Days Out, through April and early May, have been truly fantastic; with a nice mixture of both Scottish specialities showing...
Harris Brooker
The Evenings are Getting Busier!
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Hide in the Cairngorms keeps getting busier with both people and mammals and continues to throw surprises...
Ailie Brown
Spring in Speyside
Things to look and listen for during Spring in Speyside… I’ve had the pleasure recently during our Guided Days Out in the Cairngorms...
Harris Brooker
Spring Advances in Cairngorms
The Speyside Wildlife Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms National Park is only getting busier as the year goes on. The Badgers and the...
Harris Brooker
The Nights are Getting Lighter
With the lighter evenings after the clocks have changed, our groups are meeting later at our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, as we...
Ailie Brown
More About Ospreys and Where Do They Winter?
With the recent spell of sunshine we’ve had in the Cairngorms, I took to my local woodland and riverside walk to listen and look for...
Harris Brooker
Things Are Heating Up
A lot has happened these past two weeks at our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms. The Badgers are still coming in daily, feeding,...
katemennie
February in the Cairngorms
Snow flurries and more windstorms have made February quieter in terms of guiding. The winter wildlife has been enjoying some of the...
Harris Brooker
Badgers Up To Their Old Tricks
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...
Ailie Brown
Wildlife Identification with Speyside Wildlife
Ailie is part of our current cohort just coming to the end of their Wildlife Identification in the Cairngorms qualification and the...
Harris Brooker
Badgers in the Snow
“I’m Harris, I have recently started with Speyside Wildlife as the new guide of our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms....
katemennie
Hoar Frost and Sunsets in the Cairngorms, Scotland
The days are short and cold, but winter in the Cairngorms is filled with breathtaking scenes. As we moved from autumn into winter, the...
Double Trouble
Pine Martens are solitary creatures and will spend most of their awake time in independent activity. During our evening watches guests...
Winter Secrets
As we move through the month of October the colours throughout Speyside have transformed into shades of gold, orange and yellow. The...
Starry Nights
As the nights are beginning to draw in the forest floor has become carpeted with fallen curled orange leaves. The clan are beginning to...
Hungry Badgers
Throughout the Cairngorms, we have passed by the tipping point of summer and have begun our march towards Autumn with the signs of colder...
Macho Males
Within the clan, our two younger boars are steadily approaching full maturation as they head towards their second year. Although they...
katemennie
Summer in Speyside
It has been a busy few months in Speyside; the spring quickly rolled into summer....
Nocturnal Neighbours
Our local wildlife is constantly coming into close contact with human settlements and at the hide we benefit from this close...