Badenoch & Strathspey

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Glenmore forest Park
This woodland was the second Forest Park created by the Forestry Commission back in 1948, and remains its most northerly.....

Insh Church
Situated on the south bank of the Spey, there are fine views overlooking Loch Insh and the ospreys, regular black-throated and red throated divers......

Abernethy Forest
Located on the southern fringe of the Spey Valley to the north of the Cairngorm massif in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. It is the largest remaining tract of native pinewood in Britain....

Anagach Woods
A natural Scots pinewood, at Grantown-on Spey with crested tit and Capercaillie. There are several waymarked trails through the woods which also takes in part of the River Spey.....

Broomhill Bridge
Built from timber by engineer John Mackenzie, Broomhill Bridge still stands to this day and is an excellent picnic spot as it allows views of one of the most spectacular sand martin colonies. Look out for Hobby in summer as they have bred at the nearby Strathspey estate....

Craigellachie NNR
Accessed from Aviemore the birch woods hold breeding tree pipit and redstart, whilst the cliffs here have breeding peregrine falcon...

Coire Na Ciste car park
Situated on the Cairngorm mountain road. The RSPB have provided a grouse watch platform (red & black grouse).Look for Ring ouzel next to the disused chairlift station...

Cairngorm Mountains
Cairn Gorm lies at the northern end of the Cairngorm Mountains; a remote plateau which is over 4000ft in height and segmented by deep north to south running valleys.......

Fuaran na Fenne
An area of open water in the spey floodplain. Breeding goldeneye, osprey visit and peregrine breed in the nearby cliffs...

Insh Marshes
Insh Marshes Nature Reserve is an outstanding wetland of international importance covering 1,000 hectares of the floodplain of the river Spey between Kingussie and Kincraig in Inverness-shire.

Insh Woods
A series of waymarked routes through mixed woodland on the shore of Loch Insh. Nest boxes have been provided for goldeneye, whilst it is possible to see wood warbler and pied flycatcher in summer...

Rothiemurchus
Rothiemurchus is a haven for birdwatchers, with a great diversity of habitats ranging from the water, farmland and mixed woodland of the River Spey flood plain, through the old Caledonian pine forests to the high mountain areas of Braeriach in the Cairngorms.

Loch Garten
Loch Garten is famous for the ospreys that can be seen from the Osprey Centre in summer.Visitors can also expect crested tit, goldeneye and capercaillie...

Loch Vaa
Beautiful scenic loch near Avielochan and one of the best for slavonian grebe.Also common woodland birds and spotted flycatcher...

Spey Dam area
Follow the Spey along General Wade's military road through a wide range of upland habitats. Osprey, black grouse, merlin, whinchat, stonechat, ring ouzel, divers...

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