The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd

As we all know, reindeer are truly beautiful animals. Herds running through deep snow, keeping pace with one another, crossing burns in such a fast paced grace. The sounds of their clicking heels and the moving snow all you can hear. Seeing them at sundown with their antlered silhouttes standing atop a hill, overlooking a wonderful rolling valley… What a picture to paint.

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Normality has resumed and over the last month we have welcomed our lovely visitors to our site in Glenmore and have also caught up with a few of our cows and calves. They’re all looking well and have had a good summer out on the free range!

1st of August: With the ski road still closed, the mountains are quiet, meaning that groups of our free rangers are lower down on...

This May I returned to the Cairngorms as a volunteer for the second time, drawn by the potential for beautiful weather and the prospect of tiny hoof prints. Whilst there is so much I could tell you about my week, with every single day being amazing, I think there’s one day that might stay in my mind for a while.

The day before, with the free rangers.

The day be...

I’m on a roll with writing blogs about some of our lovely older lassies born in 2012. This time it’s time to put Diamond in the spot light!

Diamond is well known to be one of the sweetest-natured reindeer in the entire herd. She gets a wee name check in a couple of blogs for being so lovely – see