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
- Culbin Sands RSPB
- Dunnet Head - RSPB
- Durness Beach
- Fairy Glen RSPB
- Forsinard RSPB
- Fortrose - Chanonry Point seals
- Glenborrodale RSPB
- Glenloy Lodge Wildlife - Red deer, pine martens, Golden eagles & otters
- Handa Island Nature Reserve
- Inchnadamph
- Insh Marshes RSPB
- Loch a’ Mhuilinn 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
- Pearl bordered fritillary colonies found in the Scottish Highlands
- 20 Feral beavers to be trapped in Scotland
- Gamekeeper on Scottish estate convicted of placing poison bait
- Sea eagle numbers reach new levels in Scotland
- Geese flocking to Scotland in record numbers
- Relief as Scotland’s seabird population stabilises
- Enjoy a red squirrel walk
- Birdcrime still on the rise in the UK – 384 reported incidents in 2009
- Chequered skipper butterfly boost
- Slavonian grebe numbers dwindling in Scotland
- Harbour porpoise and Bottlenose dolphin most common sightings in UK Whale and Dolphin Watch
- Dolphins at risk as Moray Firth seismic surveys get the go-ahead
- Unusual whale species recorded off the UK
- Marine wildlife survey begins in Scotland’s Ullapool Approaches
- Worst year on record for bird poisoning in Scotland – 2009
More Highland news
- Osprey update 2010 - Remarkable Loch of Lowes bird lays 58th egg!
- Osprey ‘supermum’ survives to see her chicks take off
- Windy weather thwarts osprey ringing attempt
- Black Isle Red kite chicks killed by rat poison
- Dolphin megapod off Northwest Scotland - Video
- Six orca sighted off Durness on Scotland’s north coast
- Risso's dolphins seen off the north of Scotland
- Scottish estate raided after birds poisoned
- Loch Garten's new arrivals: All three osprey eggs hatch
- Three Golden eagles amongst other birds found dead in Scotland.
- Highland tiger caught on camera
- Red kite recovery in north Scotland put in jeopardy by illegal killing
- Regular osprey mum returns to Loch Garten
- Osprey update 2010 - First ospreys arrive back in the UK
- Raven impact on waders – Shooting lobby disagrees with the RSPB
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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