Nethy Wildlife

Rare & unusual wildlife can be found in and around Nethy from capercaille to wild cats & twinflower to creeping lady’s tresses

Nethy Wildlife

Rare & unusual wildlife can be found in and around Nethy from capercaille to wild cats & twinflower to creeping lady’s tresses

Nethy Wildlife

Rare & unusual wildlife can be found in and around Nethy from capercaille to wild cats & twinflower to creeping lady’s tresses

Nethy Wildlife

Rare & unusual wildlife can be found in and around Nethy from capercaille to wild cats & twinflower to creeping lady’s tresses

Home » Visitor Centre » WIldlife

Wildlife

A Scottish Wildcat

Surrounded on 3 sides by the Abernethy Forest which is a remnant of the ancient Caledonian Pine Forest, the Nethy Bridge area boasts an impressive number of species – reckoned to number 4,500 of which 800 are rare or nationally scarce.

Osprey viewing

The well known RSPB reserve at Loch Garten is in the Abernethy forest, on the doorstep of Nethy. In season, you can visit the hide to hopefully see ospreys at their nest or maybe even feeding their young

Content Wildlife

Local specialities

Everyone would like to see the Scottish Wild Cat, Red Squirrel, Crested Tit, Capercaillie and Scottish Crossbill. But there are many other species here which you might not see elsewhere: a creeping shrub called the Twinflower; the diminutive orchid called Creeping Ladies Tresses; the Pine Marten; Golden Eagle; Osprey. In addition there are rare mosses, hoverflies, ants, fungi and more.

Caper Watch

For information on the Caper Watch, contact RSPB.

Linnaea borealis – the twinflower

There are several specialist organisations in the area where it is possible to get escorted tours to hope to see certain species. You are guided by experts who know where, when and how to look for them.

Explore Abernethy Visitor Centre

Call in at the Visitor Centre for details of the path network in and around Nethy Bridge, information about the nature and history of the area, and much more.

FREE ENTRY
Summer Opening 1st April to 31st October 9.30am to 5.00pm
Winter Opening 1st November to 31st March 10am to 4.00pm (weather permitting) 

SEE MORE »

VC thumb1
VC thumb2

Nethy Bridge Community Centre

We are grateful to the listed businesses and organisations, without which it would not be possible to run a community website.

A charitable company limited by guarantee
Registered charity number: SC 012389
Company registration number: SC 379387

Registered Office

Dell Road
Nethy Bridge
Inverness-shire
PH25 3DA
Scotland