The second last hide update of the year, what a thing to say. Winter is here and there are still Badgers, Pine Martens and the Scottish Wildcat to see as well as a Wood Mouse. It’s definitely colder as everything winds back for the year, but there is still plenty going on. Badgers One night, for the first time in weeks, a Badger came from the left-hand side and sniffed around before going away. Later, the same individual returned and at one point it looked as though it would

The evenings are getting lighter as the year progresses and the start time is now earlier at 8pm. This has meant that the Badgers have...

July is a time when a lot of animals are beginning to appear earlier in the night, especially in the latter part of the month. There has been plenty of sightings of Badgers, Pine Martens, Scottish Wildcat, Wood Mice, Bank Voles, Roe Deer, Red Deer and even Red Squirrels. We have heard Grasshopper Warbler and Tawny Owl with Barn Owl sometimes being seen in the fields below.

As summer approaches, the nights get lighter and it doesn’t get darker until much later. The animals are still coming to the hide,...

Spring is now here, and all the animals at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide are becoming more active.

Spring is finally here and with it an increase in Badger sightings at our hide near Aviemore compared to the winter months. There are...

Winter can be a quiet time for our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide.

Our monthly sightings update from our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.

Badger Sightings The cold period that kept the Badgers inside their setts has long since passed. There’s still eight of them and the...

Badger Sightings The Badgers continue to come in and feed at our hide near Aviemore, now that the winter has passed it is warmer and that...

Badgers A trickle of normality is returning following the end of winter at our hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms. The Badgers have...

Our local Badgers Winter is a quieter time at the hide for Badgers. Stormy and cold weather can sometimes keep them at bay and when they...

Here is our monthly update from our hide near Aviemore in the Cairngorms. Our Local Badger Clan - There are at least eight Badgers in our...

In this blog post we’ll talk about the four most regular owl species found in Speyside and in most of Britain. Because most of these are nocturnal, owls are something of an enigma. So let’s broaden our understand of these charismatic, elusive birds. Tawny Owl ( Strix Aluco ) Tawny Owl (Photo Credit: Speyside Wildlife) This is the owl that makes the classic ‘twit-ti-woo’ noise. What you might not know is that only Tawny Owls make this sound and even then, only the males. The f

Here is our monthly update from our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore. Badgers - They’ve been coming in every day...

Here is our monthly update from our Evening Mammal Hide in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore. Badgers - The Badgers have continued to amuse...

Our Local Badger Clan - There are at least nine Badgers in our group, one of which is a cub from this year which took almost a month to...

At our Evening Mammal Hide near Aviemore, the Badgers are still coming regularly to feed and delight our visitors at every turn. There’s...

The action has kept going at our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide and the Badgers have been coming every night. No sign of the cubs yet but...

At our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide, the Badgers have continued to entertain visitors. They feed peacefully most of the time but now...