Wildlife

The Cairngorms National Park, one of the most spectacular areas in the British Isles, and a mecca for those with a passion for wildlife.  Whether you have just discovered your interest, or are an enthusiast of many years, the wildlife here will never dissappoint 

Being a unique ecosystem in the British Isles, the Caledonian Pinewoods are home to some of the country’s rarest wildlife.   It is considered to be one of the last remaining wildernesses in the British Isles and birds such as the Scottish Crossbill, Capercaille, Crested Tit, Common Goldeneye, Wood Sandpiper, Black and Red Throated Divers, breed no where else.

Apart from it’s unique bird inhabitants, the forest also plays hosts to a variety of equally rare and captivating mammals such as the Pine Marten, the Wild Cat, Red Squirrel, and Roe Deer.

Travelling a little further from your base here in Grantown on Spey, to the Moray Firth, you will be rewarded with Dolphins, Red Kites, Gannets, Geese, Waders, Divers, Grebes and Sea Duck.  Nearby, Loch Ruthven hosts half the UK’s entire breeding population of Slavonian Grebe.

For anyone who has an interest in truely wild life in the most stunning of settings, then a visit here, to Grantown on Spey, in the Cairngorms National Park, is an absolute must.