| Wildlife
and Bird Watching: |
Twin Flower in Curr Wood by Dulnain
Bridge |
| Birds found locally include: |
| Capercaillie - |
Breed in
our local woods, lecking in April and early May |
| Scottish Crossbill - |
In the tops of Scots Pines,
looking rather like parrots!. |
| Crested
Tits - |
Usually seen on any local walk, and certainly breeding in
the forest behind Dulnain Bridge. |
| Osprey - |
With luck you should be able to watch
them fishing in the Spey or local lochs, or even in nearby fish farms! Otherwise the RSPB Hide at nearby Loch Garten
is a good spot to see and learn about them. |
| Slovenian
Grebes, Black and Red Throated
Divers - |
on at least two local lochs. . |
| Red
Kite, Sea
Eagles, Golden
Eagles, Buzzards - |
and other raptors may be seen. The list is
huge |
| Kingfishers - |
have been seen locally |
| Pinkfooted and Greylag Geese and
Oystercatchers - |
there are
huge flocks of in the winter |
| Abernethy Forest is home to the famous
RSPB reserve at Loch Garten where Osprey breed each year. |
| The mountains are
home to Ptarmigan, Dotterel and Snow Bunting and we have 200 Acres of mature pine
forest (not plantation!) on our back doorstep - early morning walkers are
usually richly rewarded |
| Red Squirrels, and
Roe Deer in Curr Wood. |
Mountain Hare, Reindeer and
Red Deer
in the mountains. |
| Pine
Marten and Otters have been
seen. |
Bottle Nosed Dolphins on the
Moray Firth. |
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