Posts for May, 2025

Join us at OpenSpace in Grantown on Spey to celebrate the local artists and creatives in the National Park – sparking conversation, connecting landscape and community and inspiring collective action.

Join us for a natter and a brew as we explore our ‘topic of the month’ with our expert rangers!

Our tea and talk sessions are small-scale talks from the RZSS team taking place in our Learning Hive at Highland Wildlife Park.

Talks begin at 11am, with entry via our main entrance.

Your ticket includes entry to the park for the rest of the day, tea, coffee and a selection of biscuits.

For further information please contact events@rzss.org.uk.

Join us for a natter and a brew as we explore our ‘topic of the month’ with our expert rangers!

Our tea and talk sessions are small-scale talks from the RZSS team taking place in our Learning Hive at Highland Wildlife Park.

Talks begin at 11am, with entry via our main entrance.

Your ticket includes entry to the park for the rest of the day, tea, coffee and a selection of biscuits.

For further information please contact events@rzss.org.uk.

The communion service, also known as the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist, holds a central place in the Christian faith. It is a sacred ritual that symbolizes the profound spiritual connection between believers and their Lord. This service will follow the liturgy as provided by the Scottish Episcopal Church (2022).

The communion service is a deeply meaningful and symbolic practice that transcends denominational boundaries, uniting Christians in a shared expression of faith and reverence. This timeless tradition has been celebrated for centuries, serving as a poignant reminder of the sacrificial love and redemptive grace of Jesus Christ.

We welcome everyone who wishes to worship with us.

Bluey and Bingo from the much-loved children’s TV show ‘Bluey’ will be appearing at Landmark Forest Adventure Park on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of September 2025.

Visitors to the park will have the chance to see Bluey and her sister Bingo, who will be meeting fans.

The duo will be in our Dinosaur Kingdom at intervals throughout both days and will be available for photos, so visitors are encouraged to take along cameras to capture seeing these adventurous, loveable Heeler Pups.

Seeing Bluey and Bingo is free with regular entry day tickets (or for annual pass holders) to the park which are purchased/booked for visits on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of September 2025.

Come and meet the Gruffalo at Landmark Forest Adventure Park and prepare for a magical weekend of enchantment.

The Gruffalo will step out from the pages of your favourite storybook and into the heart of the park. Join us on Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd for an unforgettable adventure filled with laughter, excitement and family fun.

Whether you’re a fan of the book or discovering it for the first time, this meet-and-greet event promises an experience you won’t forget.

The Gruffalo will be in our Dinosaur Kingdom at intervals throughout both days and available for photos, so visitors are encouraged to take along cameras to capture meeting this lovable character.

Harry has been a professional entertainer for over 20 years and plays the guitar, mandolin, and the bagpipes. His main repertoire consists of Scottish and Irish favourites along with numerous ditties and medleys. He can also fit in a few favourites from the 50’s and 60’s as well as the occasional country song too

Chris White & The Organic Jukebox….where YOU choose the songs!! Chris is a full-time musician from Crieff, and brings a great singalong energy to any evening. His song list is extensive, lots of well-known hits you can choose from, a great mixture of mellow and high energy so there’s something for everyone! It’s over to YOU!!

Welcome to the Deeside Nature Festival 2025, a wonderful amalgamation of local individuals, organisations and businesses drawn together to celebrate the natural heritage of Deeside in the Eastern Cairngorms, and coordinated by us, Wild Discovery.

We are thrilled that our small festival in 2024 is growing arms and legs and the overwhelming positive feedback for an event in 2025 has been very uplifting.

The Deeside Nature Festival is a celebration of nature and an opportunity to connect as many people with the natural world as possible. Those connections may present themselves in a variety of forms from direct observation of wildlife right through to the expression of nature through the arts. We have endeavoured to bring together as large a spectrum of events as possible over the long weekend and hopefully something for everyone.

Our goals are simple:
To connect people with nature
To promote the natural heritage of Deeside
To support rural livelihoods and green initiatives
Dan and Rachael of Wild Discovery with guests
The whole festival is organised in a voluntary capacity and while there may be charges to some of the events hopefully you will agree that this only reflects the value of the expertise and experience you have attended, and knowing that a fundamental aim of the festival is to promote rural livelihoods and green initiatives.

The 2025 festival is coming together nicely and we will be adding more events as they are confirmed. Keep checking back to make sure you don’t miss out!

Image credit www.wild-discovery.com

Soak in the delights of the dawn chorus around the River Dee in Ballater with Dan and Rachael from Wild Discovery. Over the course of the morning we will listen for as many species as possible getting to know the commoner species and understanding a little more about how to identify different bird calls and songs. We will be able to hear and discuss the differences between birds that sing in woodlands and those in more open habitats and with luck our encounters could include Tree Pipit, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Common Sandpiper and Dipper. Profits from this event will be donated to a relevant conservation charity.

This will be followed by the ‘Magic Moths of Deeside’ at Ballater Green.