Cuckoo bees

While on a wildlife tour with Jackie you can learn some interesting facts about nature in the Cairngorms National Park
The funny thing about Cotton-grass is, it’s not cotton and its not a grass

Our ranger Jackie tells some interesting facts on her guided wildlife tours running in the Cairngorms National Park. Here are her thoughts on Cotton-grass that can be seen on our nature trails. I have many memories of growing up in the countryside of Speyside…
How our native wildlife copes with winter weather in the mountains

With most of Scotland under a blanket of snow, it made us think about how our native wildlife copes with winter weather. Mountain hares are a fairly regular feature of our upland tours and we don’t always take time to appreciate how well adapted…