Where to see wildlife and birds in the Highland region.
These maps are intended as a guideline only; you must check the exact location of the reserve yourself. Wildlife Extra assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or usefulness of the information on this website.
- Allt Mhuic Butterfly Reserve
- Ben Eighe National Nature Reserve
- Broubster Leans - RSPB
- Cape Wrath -
- Corrimony RSPB
- Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve
- Culbin Sands RSPB
- Dunnet Head - RSPB
- Durness Beach
- Fairy Glen RSPB
- Forsinard RSPB
- Fortrose - Chanonry Point seals
- Glenborrodale RSPB
- Glenloy Wildlife - Red deer, pine martens, Golden eagles & otters
- Handa Island Nature Reserve
- Inchnadamph
- Insh Marshes RSPB
- Loch a’ Mhuilinn National Nature Reserve
- Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve
- Loch Garten RSPB
- Loch Leven National Nature Reserve
- Loch Ruthven RSPB
- Moray Firth Bottlenose dolphins and seals
- Nigg Bay RSPB
- Talmine Bay wildlife
- The wildlife of Loch Shiel
- Udale Bay RSPB
Recent Highland news
- Osprey chicks in UK
- Orca attack dolphins off north Scotland
- Scottish Natural Heritage objects to windfarm plans
- Leucistic fallow deer near Dunkeld
- Firth of Forth dolphin numbers stable
- Scottish Farm manager admits possession of deadly poison after Golden eagle death
- Help Sea Watch spot whales in the Pentland Firth
- Mull Sea eagle watch moves to new location
- Satellite tracking Scotland’s birds of prey
- Water voles living at altitude on Beinn Eighe
- Scottish beavers – No effect on streams so far
- Wildcats caught on camera in Scotland
- Scotland's "seabird cities" still in crisis
- Spectacular pictures from rutting season
- Baby red squirrels being cared for by Scottish charity
More Highland news
- Tracking young Scottish osprey’s zigzag tour of Britain
- Angler helps save entangled osprey from cold
- 44 Pilot whales returned to the sea after mass stranding in Scotland
- Rare Black Mountain Moth spotted at new sites in Scotland
- Search for Dotterel and Snow buntings in Scotland
- Osprey update July 2011
- Rare hoverfly to return to Scottish reserve
- Shoot manager convicted after biggest-ever haul of lethal illegal poison found on prestigious estate
- Historic conviction of gamekeeper for possession of a dead red kite
- Largest ever attempt to remove mink from Scotland is underway
- Osprey update May 2011
- RSPB denounces Scottish landowners call for raptor cull
- Osprey update 2011
- Flamingos sighted in Scotland
- Extraordinary 26 year old osprey has returned to Loch of the Lowes for 21st year
Largest ever attempt to remove mink from Scotland is underway The largest ever initiative to remove breeding American mink from north Scotland is now underway, covering 20,000 square kilometres, from rural Tayside across Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Cairngorms and the Highlands.
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Extraordinary 26 year old osprey has returned to Loch of the Lowes for 21st yearThe Scottish Wildlife Trust has confirmed that the osprey thought to be oldest breeding female of its kind ever recorded in the UK (Or probably anywhere) has returned for the 21st consecutive year to the Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire.
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First ospreys arrive back in the UKThe ospreys are back. EJ has arrived at Loch Garten, and the romantically named 03(97) is back at his nest at Rutland Water, and other ospreys have been sighted all over the UK, but as yet there is now sign of the 'Lady of the Loch', the amazing 25 year old bird from The Loch of the Lowes.
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Sea eagle numbers reach new levels in ScotlandThe Scottish population passed the 50 breeding pairs milestone and produced more young per pair than in any other year since their reintroduction 35 years ago.
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Birdcrime still on the rise in the UK – 384 reported incidents in 20092009 was another shocking year for the persecution of birds of prey with incidents of shooting, trapping and poisoning, according to the RSPB's 20th annual Birdcrime report.
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Worst year on record for bird poisoning in Scotland – 20092009 marked the highest number of confirmed poisoning incidents discovered in a single year in Scotland in the past two decades, according to an annual report by RSPB Scotland.
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Osprey update 2010 - First ospreys arrive back in the UKThe bird thought to be oldest breeding female of its kind ever recorded in the UK returned for the 20th consecutive year to the Loch of the Lowes wildlife reserve, astonishing wildlife experts.
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Satellite tagged Loch Garten osprey ditches in AtlanticOne of two young ospreys from the famous Loch Garten nest has died during his first migration.
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First wild beavers in Scotland for 250 years to be caught.A pair of beavers has been found living in the wild in a remote Scottish Loch near the Bridge of Earn.
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Norwegian beavers arrive in UK for Scottish reintroductionThe Scottish Beaver Trial took a major step when four beaver families arrived in Heathrow
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Very Rare Leucistic White Red Deer Stag Spotted in the HighlandsAn extremely rare white red deer has been spotted by staff of the John Muir Trust on the west coast of Scotland.
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New Golden Eagle viewing scheme launched in ScotlandFor the first time in Scotland one of the country's most enthralling wildlife spectacles is to be included as the centrepiece of an exciting new visitor attraction, which opened to the public on 1st April 2007.
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The Breeding Birds of North-East Scotland
If you live in the North East of Scotland, and you like your birds, you probably already have this book. If not, you should get it.Read full review »
Lady of the Loch
Lady, as she has become know, is a remarkable 25-year-old bird (Ospreys live on average just 8 years), that has raised 48 chicks so far, at Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes wildlife reserve. - This is her story.
