What about the Wildlife?

World-class wildlife right on your doorstep — that's the area around Nethy Bridge!

And what an area it is too — rivers, lochs and forests where wildlife abounds amidst magnificent scenery.

Golden Eagle hunt wild uplands, Slavonian Grebe nest on forest lochs, and ancient pines harbour Scottish Crossbill and Capercaillie, Pine Marten and Red Squirrel.

There are delicate Twinflower and Emerald Damselfly, Ptarmigan croak amidst the snow patches of the Cairngorm plateau and Bottlenose Dolphins can be found along Moray Firth shores which are alive with seaduck.

You can walk straight out of the house onto the Speyside Way.

Pine Marten standing - Photo - Mark Hamblin

Within a few hundred metres, you would be walking through the farm which won the 2002 National Farmers Union Excellence Award for Farmland Biodiversity!

They were also runner up in the Silver Lapwing Award 2002. This is the premier farm conservation award in the UK!

Local, village walks can be pre-arranged through Explore Abernethy Ranger during summer months.

However, to make the most of your enjoyment of all this wildlife and so much more, you could have one of Speyside Wildlife's expert guides accompany your group for the day, to help you find the wildlife you most want to see.

Speyside Wildlife also run wildlife watching evenings at their 'state of the art' viewing hide on the famous Rothiemurchus Estate.

There are regular sightings of Pine Marten and Badger, with the possibility of Red Deer, Roe Deer and you never know what else!

For more information or book a guided trips go to Speyside Wildlife. They can organise trips specially geared your group, both large or small.

Primary & secondary schools may wish to have a look at the schools visit programme organised by RSPB.

Capercaillie Winter - Photo - Terry Elborn