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Winter continues in the stunning Scottish Highlands
Winter continues in the beautiful Scottish highlands. Our Day Guiding throughout January has been excellent, with some fantastic wildlife...

Olly Slessor
Feb 7, 20233 min read


February Has Arrived in the Cairngorms
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. The days are getting longer and from the 4th February...

Harris Brooker
Feb 6, 20232 min read


January Evening Mammal Watching in the Cairngorms
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. January might be a quieter time of year for visitors,...

Harris Brooker
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Wonderful Winter Birding on the beautiful Black Isle
The Black Isle is a fantastic area to go birding all year round, but especially at this time of year. Our Guided Days Out throughout the...

Olly Slessor
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Winter is upon us in the superb Scottish Highlands
Now with the much shorter days and colder temperatures, winter is well and truly here in the beautiful Scottish highlands. Our Day...

Olly Slessor
Jan 6, 20233 min read


A Happy New Year 2023
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. In the last weeks of 2022 we have had the Badgers coming...

Harris Brooker
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Binoculars, Biscuits and Bird Lists
January is just around the corner, and with a new year looming, our guides are all tallying up and reflecting on their bird lists. There...

Ailie Brown
Dec 22, 20226 min read


First Frosts of December
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide, the winter days are now upon us with the first frosts of...

Harris Brooker
Dec 12, 20221 min read


Autumn ends and Winter begins in the beautiful Scottish Highlands
The autumn has come to an end and now the winter is upon us in the stunning Scottish highlands; our Day Guiding throughout November and...

Olly Slessor
Dec 9, 20223 min read


The Last November Nights
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Mammal Hide and as the year winds down, several things become apparent. The...

Harris Brooker
Nov 28, 20221 min read


A Fantastic Autumn Continues in the Scottish Highlands
Autumn continues in the beautiful Scottish Highlands - our Guided Days Out throughout October and early November have been wonderful. ...

Olly Slessor
Nov 11, 20223 min read


October is at an End
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. The Pine Martens have been coming in regularly, at this...

Harris Brooker
Oct 31, 20222 min read


An October Fest
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. The Pine Martens have been coming in recently, sitting...

Harris Brooker
Oct 17, 20222 min read


An incredible autumn in the Scottish Highlands
The autumn migration is now well and truly underway; our day guiding throughout late September and early October has been superb. Some...

Olly Slessor
Oct 14, 20223 min read


September's Unexpected Twist
The action has kept going at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide - but there’s been some unexpected twists lately. Towards the end of...

Harris Brooker
Oct 3, 20222 min read


A Special September
The action has kept going at Our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. September is well underway and the mammals have been coming along as...

Harris Brooker
Sep 20, 20222 min read


An Amazing Autumn Begins in the Cairngorms and on the Black Isle
Now it is autumn migration and our Day Guiding throughout August and early September has been excellent. There has been wonderful bird...

Olly Slessor
Sep 18, 20223 min read


Autumn is Officially Here
The action has kept going at Speyside Wildlife’s Evening Wildlife Watching Hide. We’ve had a Pine Marten visiting four nights in a row,...

Harris Brooker
Sep 5, 20223 min read


The Last Days of Summer
The action has kept going at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide this summer and there have been some exciting changes made to our hide...

Harris Brooker
Aug 22, 20221 min read


Why Scottish Alpine Botany is the Best
Speyside Wildlife prides itself in showing our clients the best wildlife Scotland has to offer. So I thought I could give our readers an insight into the incredible flora of the Scottish Highlands which is just as varied as our birds and mammals and much less well known. Since having moved to the Cairngorms to run our Evening Mammal Hide , I have been enjoying exploring each season as it comes. Scotland has many mountains - these mountains support plants that can’t survive a

Harris Brooker
Aug 19, 20226 min read
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