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Join our wildlife guide Richard Thaxton for a guided stroll from the Hotel through Anagach Woods and along the River Spey looking for some of our local and iconic wildlife. Possible sightings include Crested Tit, Crossbill, Red Squirrel, Dipper, Goldeneye, Goosander, Heron, Buzzard, Mallard, Pink Footed and Greylag Geese, Whooper Swan and if you are very lucky you might spot an Otter!!
Join our wildlife guide Sue Sykes for a guided stroll from the Hotel through Anagach Woods looking for some of our local and iconic wildlife. Possible sightings include Blue, Coal, Crested, Great and Long Tailed Tits, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Crossbill, Goldcrest, Robin, Siskin, Treecreeper, Wren, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Buzzard, Red Squirrel and Roe Deer.
Image credit Graham Niven Photography
Join our guide Richard Thaxton for a guided stroll around Dell Woods at Nethy Bridge, a short 10 – 15 minute drive from the Hotel. Possible sightings include Blue, Coal, Crested, Great and Long Tailed Tits, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Crossbill, Goldcrest, Robin, Siskin, Treecreeper, Wren, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Goshawk, Buzzard, Song Thrush, Red Squirrel, Roe Deer.
Hamish Brown, the author, photographer, broadcaster and mountaineer, celebrated his 90th birthday this year, and also the 50th anniversary of his “mountain walk”, the first continuous round of Scotland’s Munros.
As well as walking and climbing in Scotland and as far afield as the Andes and the Himalayas, Hamish has spent many years walking and climbing in Morocco. In 2006 he made the first continuous traverse of Morocco’s Atlas mountains, and on the evening of Friday September 27th he’ll be giving an illustrated talk about this first traverse in Dalwhinnie Village Hall.
The talk will begin at 7.30, tickets are £8 with no charge for children under 14, and all proceeds are in aid of Dalwhinnie village hall funds.
Tea and coffee will be available, and Hamish will be happy to answer any questions and chat informally after his presentation. He’ll also be bringing a selection of his books for those who might want to buy a copy or two!
If you would like to book a ticket please contact Bill Carr, the Dalwhinnie village hall secretary, at carr_bill@hotmail.com or on 07770 733980
Teas and coffee will be available at a small charge and all proceeds in aid of Dalwhinnie Village Hall Funds.
Would you like to learn how to scythe, and help scythe and rake as part of a community volunteering day? Then why not join us In Tomintoul on the 30th August?
The Tomintoul Wildflower Meadow is 0.7ha of great wildlife habitat, with the ambition that the meadow be hand cut each year with a 5m strip left for overwintering birds. What is cut is then removed to the side reducing nutrients on the site which benefits diversity.
It will be a day run jointly by Glenlivet Estate, Doug Gooday, and Curam Fyvie. We will also be joined by Cairngorms National Park Rangers and Volunteer Rangers.
You can drop In or leave at any point during the day, and no experience Is necessary (although please do bring along a rake or scythe If you have one!).
Please bring:
• Appropriate clothing for spending time In an uneven meadow with long, potentially wet grass, Including stout and grippy footwear (please avoid shorts to limit the risk of tick bites);
• Appropriate clothing for the weather you don’t mind getting wet or muddy, plus any sun cream or Insect repellent you might need;
• Plenty of food and drink to keep you going
Please note that this event Is open to those aged 18 or over, unless accompanied by a responsible adult.
In addition to the SBSA Summer Exhibition you can enjoy a selection of recent work by Ali Brown and Sandra Robertson.
‘We hope you can make it along to our residency – where there will be an opportunity to create with collage!’
Ali and Sandra
Come and enjoy an evening of music and poetry from local schoolchildren and musicians.
Part of Badenoch Heritage Festival programme – go to our website to see the rest of the programme.
This walk will take us up to Johnny Blair’s Garden in Glen Banchor, the site of a prehistoric palisaded enclosure, passing the settlement of Dalchurnmore on the way.
Part of Badenoch Heritage Festival programme – go to our website to see the rest of the programme.
Eve Boyle (HES) will lead an interactive event in the Clan Macpherson Museum for children.
Part of Badenoch Heritage Festival programme – go to our website to see the rest of the programme.
Come and hear Eve Boyle (HES) talk about Ruthven Barracks, a building close to her heart.
Part of Badenoch Heritage Festival programme – go to our website to see the rest of the programme.
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