Posts for May, 2023

Did you know that Scotland was covered in a huge ice sheet 20,000 years ago? Brrr! Now imagine the tremendous noise and strength of all that ice moving as it began to melt? Follow our self-led activity trail to spot the traces the ice left behind, and meet the hardy animals who lived in the frozen lands.

Pick up an activity sheet from the Glenmore Visitor Centre (en-route to the start point if travelling from Aviemore; open 7 days a week, 9.30am-4pm) or simply follow the finger-posts to An Lochan Uaine from the Allt Mor car park, looking out for the Frozen Lands panels along the route.
This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

Writer Merryn Glover and musician Hamish Napier take us into new revelations of the Cairngorm mountains with Nan Shepherd as a muse and guide. Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. For tonight?s artists, they are also home. In this original and intimate performance, readings from Glover?s The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd are woven together with Napier?s locally-inspired music on piano, whistles and flutes to a backdrop of Cairngorms photographs, old and new. In a New Light is their latest collaboration with its full premiere at the Cairngorms Nature Festival. Through the inter-weaving of their work, the wild majesty and iridescence of the Cairngorms is revealed in a beautiful evocation of landscape, place and identity. Bring money along as books and CDs are available for purchase at the event and there will be plenty of time to talk with Hamish and Merryn over refreshments at the end.This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

Ever wondered what colour a slug?s blood is? Or how bees talk to each other? The answers might be stranger than you think! Follow our self-led activity trail through the forest by Loch Morlich Beach to discover the weird and wonderful world of minibeasts.

Pick up an activity sheet from the Visitor Centre (open 7 days a week, 9.30am-4pm) or simply follow the Beach Trail (yellow waymarkers) clockwise from the Visitor Centre, looking out for the minibeast panels along the route.
This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

People have been living on Mar Lodge Estate for at least 6,000 years. From Mesolithic Hunter Gatherers to the Canadian Forestry Corps in World War 2.

The story of lives past and present are embedded in the land. The remains of the larger buildings on the estate are from the 19th century. But the remains of smaller buildings are scattered across the landscape.

On our walk along Glen Lui, National Trust for Scotland archaeologist Dr Daniel Rhodes will discuss the archaeological remains that tell us of the lives of the families that farmed the land and were evicted to make space for sheep farms, hunting and forestry.
This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

A three hour guided birdwatching tour of some key local sites in and around the Cairngorms National Park. We?ll visit ancient Caledonian Pine Forest, secluded Lochs, open moorland and river habitat to try and see a wide variety of local species. Crested Tits, Crossbills, Osprey, Black-throated Diver, Red Grouse, Golden and White-tailed Eagles are possible as well as many more common species that havce now arrived for summer in the Highlands.This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

TV Producer and host, Nigel Marven, will share fun facts and stories from his filming trips in the boreal forest, tundra and mountain slopes. We?ll also travel back in time to meet giant Prehistoric insects and a millipede nearly 2 metres long! This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

The Cateran Ecomuseum is a museum without walls, all its sites are outside. Situated on the 500-million-year-old Highland Boundary Fault ? the great geological feature that divides the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands ? the area?s human history stretches back through millennia with sites identified from Neolithic times. Use the website’s itinerary builder to design your own adventure, choosing from mystic stone circles, hill forts, Macbeth’s tales and ancient battles.This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

The Cairngorm Reindeer are the only reindeer herd who live and roam freely in their natural habitat here in the UK. We’re offering a 25% discount for visiting our Paddocks and Exhibition – the perfect introduction to reindeer! As well as being able to see a small group of reindeer, there is lots of information about every aspect of reindeer plus quizzes for children. This is the perfect alternative for those who can?t take part in our Hill Trips due to the weather or difficult terrain, offering a personal introduction to the reindeer in the more sheltered conditions in the glen. Please note that whilst you will get a close up view of the reindeer here, there is no direct contact with them and no opportunity to feed them. If you would like a more in-depth activity, please enquire about our guided Hill Trips. This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

Enter this enchanting bio-dome and encounter hundreds of Planet Earth?s most stunningly beautiful butterflies and exotic flowers. We have a whole cast of friendly characters waiting to welcome you. You can walk among them and relax to the sound of the soothing water cascading into our pond. Handling sessions with our Indian and Vietnamese stick insects are on offer and visitors will also get the opportunity to hold an African snail. Talks will also be happening about the resident Gecko lizard, Ivy. At 12 pm there will be an opportunity to see the animals being fed including tortoises, Asian Quail and tropical fish. This event is part of the Cairngorms Nature Festival which runs from 12 – 21 May 2023. It’s a ten day festival with over 80 exciting events across the Cairngorms National Park celebrating the incredible landscapes and nature found here.

To see full event details and book events please visit: https://www.cairngormsnaturefestival.co.uk/

Kingussie High School Parent Council invite you to a family ceilidh featuring Black Rock ceilidh band at the Duke of Gordon Hotel on the night before the 30th Kingussie Bikeathon.

With support from Wildland, we’re raising money for this year’s Bikeathon charity, Blood Cancer UK and celebrating the big anniversary!

Tickets available from Kingussie High school office.