Positive news for our Capercaillies! A new study shows diversionary feeding more than doubles Capercaillie chick survival, as predators fed Deer carrion are less likely to eat eggs instead. Read or listen here:

Deadline approaching! There's still time to apply to our summer school 'Landscape Creatives'. 🏠Badaguish Outdoor Centre 📅Monday 14th - Thursday 17th July 🌱For S1-S3 🦫Free but places are limited More info and apply by midnight tonight ➡️ bit.ly/LandscapeCre...

How many people does it take to restore a missing habitat? Well, quite a lot! This spring, with a group of over 30 staff and volunteers we headed to the hills, bags laded with 3000 high-altitude trees.

“I saw a Bluethroat for the first time today. In time, their’s could be a song of the Scottish hills too.” On this day in 2023, Ellie began her research fellowship in south-west Norway to better understanding Scotland’s missing habitats and how we might restore them. bit.ly/field-notes-...

Want to spot more Red Squirrels like this playful pair? Join our citizen science project and try your hand at identifying wildlife spotted on camera traps across the Cairngorms Connect landscape. Find out more and start identifying species: bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

Busy bumblebees, getting on with some landscape-scale restoration over the years 🐝 These bees were captured on one of our trail cameras that we’re using to monitor willow population high up on @rspbscotland.bsky.social. Take a moment to notice the bees as they buzz past you this #WorldBeeDay!

Can you guess what fluttered by our camera trap in Loch A’an? It’s not just the bigger species that appear on our camera traps … On this day two years ago, one of our camera traps at Loch A’an picked up the wing beats of a spectacular Peacock Butterfly, whose iconic markings can just be made out 🦋

After a 6000 km journey north from the West Africa, Ospreys return to RSPB Scotland Loch Garten in early April. This year, Asha returned for her 5th year at the nest and has been visited by new and returning males. Watch the drama unfold: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ahj... #WorldMigratoryBirdDay

“At WildLand Cairngorms, our detailed monitoring of Hen Harriers begins in early April, when most of these charismatic birds return to their breeding grounds. After a busy period of sky dancing & nest building the female harrier will lay her eggs, towards the end of April or early May." (1/3)

Every morning in the springtime, one of nature's greatest choirs is performing 🎶 Celebrate #InternationalDawnChorusDay with a guided walk through @rspbscotland.bsky.social Abernethy Reserve's ancient Caledonian pinewoods. 🗓️ Saturday 3rd of May, 6:00 – 8:00 am 🎟️ Book now! bit.ly/dawn-chorus-...

It’s a busy time of year at the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery. Seed beds are being dug over and prepared to plant out seedlings that are thriving in the polytunnels, like this Downy Birch (Betula pubescens). Get involved and become part of our Tree Nursery community: bit.ly/cc-tree-nurs...

During May’s Wildlife Wander at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes we’ll see the lush green Aspen leaves trembling and a variety of bird species including Snipe, who could be displaying. 🗓️ Thursday, 8th of May 9:30am – 1:30 pm 📍 RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes 🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/insh-wildlif... 📷 Andy Hay

Celebrate #InternationalDawnChorusDay next Saturday with an early morning meander through peaceful pine forest as it wakes up at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Loch Garten. 🗓️ Saturday 3rd of May, 6:00 – 8:00 am 🎟️ Book your ticket now: bit.ly/dawn-chorus-...

We’re excited to be partnering with Out and About Highlands for a Green Health Week guided walk to celebrate LGBTIQ+ people in nature! 🗓️ Monday, 5th of May, 11:45 am – 4 pm 📍 Meet at the Glenmore Visitor Centre Car Park 🎟️ This event is free, but please reserve your spot! bit.ly/walk-and-cof...

“An orange bottomed bumblebee potters through the undergrowth next to me. My adventure psyche is high & I trace future routes across the landscape and weave them with the beings that live there." – Sarah White, Commonplace Book entry. This #EarthDay, take a moment to notice the nature around you.

Today we’re celebrating the Curlew, known in Scots as the Whaap, Whap, or Whaup. A great place to see these majestic wading birds and hear their haunting cry is @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes, where Estate Operations Manager Thijs captured these beautiful photographs. #WorldCurlewDay

Butterfly Conservation's Scotland team are helping with a unique four-month ‘Easter egg hunt’ involving one of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful moths, the Dark Bordered Beauty Read the full story here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

An egg hunt with a difference … A team led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland have released 400 eggs of the Dark Bordered Beauty Moth on WildLand Cairngorms, within the Cairngorms Connect landscape. Read the full story: bit.ly/an-egg-hunt-...

You still have time to apply to be our Communications Officer! Work across the #CairngormsConnect partnership, telling the stories of this wild landscape in the making. You have until end of day on Thursday to submit your application: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @cairngormsnews.bsky.social #hiring

Have you heard your first Cuckoo of the year? Last week, we spotted a telltale sign that Cuckoos are on their way with this beautiful stem of Cuckooflower in bloom, heralding the sound of spring. 📷 Photograph by Adrian Samuels, Assistant Warden at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes

When it comes to capercaillie - please #LekitBe Breeding or ‘lekking’ season has begun for Capercaillie, and during this time the species is particularly vulnerable to disturbance. Find out more about @cairngormsnews.bsky.social's Lek It Be campaign & how to play your part: lekitbe.scot

Try your hand at identifying wildlife spotted on camera traps across the #CairngormsConnect landscape! This Pine Marten is just one many sightings of the incredible species who call this place home. Find out how you can get involved and start identifying species: bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

Do you want to help improve the fortunes of some of the UK’s rarest insects? Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms is hiring a Project Officer to join their team! 🔗 Find out more : bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... 🗓️ Apply by Friday the 25th of April @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Happy #InternationalBeaverDay! “The first question we’re asked these days is how are the Beavers doing. This footage is from the largest Beaver dam on @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes. It makes us hopeful we will see the first young Beavers emerge from their lodge this summer.” – Thijs Claes

Capturing the story, whatever the weather 🌧️ ☀️ ❄️ We’re recruiting a Communications Officer (maternity cover) and we are running an informal online session where you can meet us, find out more about our work and ask questions on Monday 7th of April 12–1pm. Find out more: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

“It’s something the whole nation has been deprived of for decades because Hen Harriers have been so threatened.” BBC Scotland spoke with Ronan Dugan, Field Ecologist at WildLand, about skydancing Hen Harriers & other species thriving as a result of landscape-scale restoration work: bbc.in/43unMM1

We’re bringing the landscape to us this Easter Holidays and you’re invited! Get involved in a free family-friendly crafting project to build a 3D cardboard contour model of Loch A'an, a remote place deep in the Cairngorms Connect landscape, 10th –17th of April. More info: bit.ly/cardboard-co...

We're hiring a Communications Officer (maternity cover) to join our team! Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Apply now! bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @rspbscotland.bsky.social, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social

The Loch Garten Nature Centre opens on 1st of April! The @rspbscotland.bsky.social team are ready to share stories of the reserve, the wildlife which depends on it and the habitat restoration work happening across #CairngormsConnect. The Nature Centre is open seven days, 10am till 5pm, Apr–Oct.

This Saturday, you are invited to welcome wading birds back to this landscape with an afternoon of wader-inspired crafts, music, and talks! 29th of March, 2–6 pm, @highlandwpark.bsky.social This event is free, but space is limited so RSVP to secure your place: bit.ly/wader-welcom...

Interested in a career in ecological restoration after school? We have four types of work placements available for local young people in S4–S6! Get hands on experience in deer management 🦌 science 🔬 youth engagement 🙌 or our Tree Nursery 🌱 bit.ly/CC-Study-Opp... @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

We're hiring a Communications Officer (maternity cover) to join our team! Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Apply now! bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @rspbscotland.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

“It’s hard to beat a Golden Eagle, especially when you see them out in the mountains ... If we can provide that safe refuge that’s the best thing for the birds.” Ronan Dugan spoke with @pressandjournal.co.uk about the thriving population of raptors at WildLand Cairngorms. bit.ly/press-and-jo...

Have a passion for trees and this landscape? Why not sign up for a volunteer session at the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery and become part of our volunteer community: bit.ly/cc-tree-nurs...

Calling artists, writers and musicians! Help us celebrate the start of the wader breeding season. Display work inspired by these birds at this year’s Wader Welcome event on Sat 29th of Mar 2–6 pm at @highlandwpark.bsky.social! Email Thijs to enter your art by this Friday: [email protected]

Enjoy a Wildlife Wander with @rspbscotland.bsky.social's knowledgeable team to see some of the amazing wildlife at Insh Marshes. At the first Wander of the year, woodland birds will be singing as they feel the stirrings of Spring. 🗓️ 20th of March, 9:30am–1:30pm 🎟️ £5/6: bit.ly/wildlife-wan...

Nuair a leumas e ʼn Fhèill Brìde, chan earb an Sionnach earball ris an deigh / ‘When Bride’s feast-day (1st February) is past, the Fox does not trust his tail to the ice’ This White-Tailed Eagle at Loch Garten, captured by James from @rspbscotland.bsky.social, should have listened to the Fox! 1/3

Today we’re sharing exciting news of a #Cairngorms2030 project that is addressing damage to farms and fragile habitats caused by high deer densities, benefitting local food banks, schools and community kitchens through donations of venison 🦌🥩 ➡️ cairngorms.co.uk/deer-larder-...

Know your butterflies? @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes are looking for local walkers to supply vital data to the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. You need to be: 🦋 Confident in butterfly ID 🥾 Able to walk on rough ground ☀️ Live locally to take advantage of sunny spells bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

Interested in a career in ecological restoration after school? We have four types of work placements available for local young people in S4–S6! Get hands on experience in deer management 🦌 science 🔬 youth engagement 🙌 or our Tree Nursery 🌱 bit.ly/CC-Study-Opp... @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

This Thursday! Drop by @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes to learn more about the upcoming restoration plans for the River Tromie 💧 🗓️ Thursday 20th of February 🕙 Drop-in 10am–12pm & 2–4 pm 📍RSPB Insh Marshes Lookout @cairngormsnews.bsky.social #InshMarshes #RiverRestoration

Calling artists, writers and musicians! Help us celebrate the start of the wader breeding season. Display work inspired by these important birds at this year’s Wader Welcome event on Sat 29th of Mar 2–6 pm at the @highlandwpark.bsky.social! Email Thijs to enter your art: [email protected]

Filmmaker Rupert and Deer Stalker Jack were at the Fort William Mountain Festival today for the screening of “A Deer Stalker’s Story” 🦌 Great to come together and watch short films from across Scotland celebrating mountain culture! #fortwilliammountailfestival #fwmf2025 #cairngormsconnect

Next Thursday head to the Lookout Hide at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes to learn more about the next steps for the restoration of the River Tromie. 🗓️ Thursday 20th of February 🕙 Drop-in 10am–12pm & 2–4 pm 📍RSPB Insh Marshes Lookout @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Will we see you at the Fort William Mountain Festival this Saturday? Our short film “A Deer Stalker’s Story” has been selected to screen as part of the ‘Best of Scotland’ film festival showcase celebrating mountain culture. Find out more and get tickets to the event: bit.ly/CC-at-FWMF

Last month, Cairngorms National Park Junior Rangers headed out with WildLand & @treesforlife.bsky.social for a day of tree planting in freezing temperatures! “We planted 425 Aspen & 120 Rowan trees, and removed 500 old tree guards from a site near Kingussie!” – Pete, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

Calling all Illustrators! @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes are looking for an illustrated map to be displayed in the Lookout bird hide. 🗺️ This map should be a 2D illustration of a 3D landscape, showing the scale and topography of this beautiful floodplain. Learn more: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

Don’t miss our third and final Venison Box release of the season! We’re releasing these 4kg boxes of local, wild Cairngorms Connect Venison in our newsletter this Tuesday at 12 pm. Make sure you are signed up for your chance to purchase one: https://bit.ly/Cairngorms-Connections

What if the ancient Caledonian pine forest could be your new office … Apply for one of the five Visitor Experience positions currently up for grabs at @rspbscotland.bsky.social and help to bring the story of the forest to life for everyone who visits the Nature Centre. bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

Don’t miss next week’s talk at Boat of Garten Community Hall about the establishment of Ospreys at Loch Garten & the following 70 years of habitat restoration. 🗓️ Mon 10th of Feb at 7:30 pm 🎟️ Tickets on the door: £6 (Under 16s free with an adult) bit.ly/boat-talks-o... 📷 @rspbscotland.bsky.social