JANUARY - Snow on mountain tops
- Ptarmigan in white plumage
- Mountain Hare in winter coat
- Snow Bunting
- Red Squirrel Courtship
- Red Deer on low ground
- Red Grouse pairing
- Over wintering Geese on lochs and coast
- Sea Ducks on Moray coast
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FEBRUARY - Winter Magic
- Snow on mountain tops
- Golden Eagle Courtship
- Scottish Crossbill in song
- Crested Tit in song
- Ptarmigan in white plumage
- Snow Bunting
- Mountain Hare in winter coat
- Red Squirrel Courtship
- Red Deer on low ground
- Red Grouse pairing
- Over wintering Geese on lochs and coast
- Sea Ducks on Moray coast
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MARCH - Moving to Spring but still snow on mountain tops
- Breeding Waders arriving
- Ptarmigan in white plumage
- Mountain Hare in winter coat
- Red Squirrel Courtship
- Red Deer on low ground
- Over wintering Geese on lochs and coast
- Sea Ducks on Moray coast
- Golden Eagle Courtship
- Scottish Crossbill in song
- Crested Tit in song
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APRIL - Breeding birds arriving
- Ospreys
- Slavonian Grebes, Weed Rush Dance
- Black Grouse Lek
- Capercaillie Lek
- Raptors breeding
- Scottish Crossbills
- Crested Tits
- Curlew
- Lapwing
- Oyster Catcher
- Seabirds on the coastal colonies
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MAY - Height of the breeding season. First chicks.
- Ospreys
- Slavonian Grebes, Weed Rush Dance
- Black Grouse Lek
- Capercaillie Lek
- Scottish Crossbills
- Crested Tits
- Curlew
- Lapwing
- Oyster Catcher
- Seabird colonies on coast
- 5,000 Eider on Ythan Estuary
- Breeding Divers
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JUNE - Breeding season still strong.
- Ospreys
- Scottish Crossbills
- Crested Tits
- Curlew
- Lapwing
- Oyster Catcher
- Seabird colonies on coast
- 5,000 Eider on Ythan Estuary
- Breeding Divers
- Good Dolphin sightings on Moray Firth
- Red Deer Calving season
- Seal pups
- Wild flowers and butterflies
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JULY - Breeders with active young.
- Ospreys
- Scottish Crossbills
- Crested Tits
- Seabird colonies on coast
- 5,000 Eider on Ythan Estuary
- Breeding Divers
- One of the best months for Dolphin
- Red Deer Calving season
- Seal pups
- Wild flowers and butterflies
- Roe Deer breeding
- Pine Marten and Badger at their best
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AUGUST - The Heather coming into full flower
- Last month of breeding Divers and Waders inshore
- Seabird colonies on coast
- Salmon Leaping
- Ospreys
- 5,000 Eider on Ythan Estuary
- Breeding Divers
- Coveys of Red Grouse
- One of the best months for Dolphin
- Wild flowers and butterflies
- Pine Marten and Badger
- Adders basking
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SEPTEMBER - Heather in full flower, migrations and movements
- Salmon Leaping
- One of the best months for Dolphin
- Fungi in the forest
- Coveys of Red Grouse
- Red Deer Rut commences mid September
- Pine Marten and Badger
- Still some Seabirds around the coast
- Golden Eagles with fledged young
- Migratory Geese and overwintering Seabirds arriving
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OCTOBER - Migration and Rutting
- Deer Rut at its peak
- Good time for Raptors
- Golden Eagles with fledged young
- Salmon Leaping
- Migratory Geese at their peak
- Eider, Merganser and Scoter on coast
- 5,000 Wigeon at Udale Bay
- Waders on Dornoch Firth
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NOVEMBER - Winter visitors
- Snow Bunting
- Red Deer on low ground
- Roosting Raptors
- Vast numbers of migratory Geese
- 5,000 Wigeon at Udale Bay
- Waders on Dornoch Firth
- Eider, Merganser and Scoter on coast
- Red Deer on low ground
- Spawning Salmon
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DECEMBER - Christmas in wonderland
- Reindeer on the Cairngorms
- Red Deer on low ground
- Good time for Raptors
- Ptarmigan at their most visible
- Snow Bunting
- Roosting Raptors
- Vast numbers of migratory Geese
- 5,000 Wigeon at Udale Bay
- Waders on Dornoch Firth
- Eider, Merganser and Scoter on coast
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