Wildlife Watching Companies


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About Mull Wildlife Tours
About Mull Wildlife Tours

Wildlife tours on the fabulous Isle of Mull. Tours undertaken in 8-seater minibus offering visitors the opportunity to learn more about the abundant wildlife and history of the island in a manner that does as little damage to the environment as is practical.

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Anstruther Pleasure Trips

The Isle of May is a wildlife watcher's paradise. Join our cruise to the island and view large colonies of puffins, eiders, guilliemots, razorbills and many other seabirds and seals in their natural habitat.

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Laurencia -Ardnamurchan Charter
Ardnamurchan Charters

Charter boat and self-drive boats in the local waters of Loch Sunart all year round on the magical Ardnamurchan Peninsula.

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Self Drive -Ardnamurchan Charter
Ardnamurchan Charters - Self Drive

Self Drive Boat Hire: families, fishermen, divers and explorers alike, discover our local lochs at your own pace. All boats new for 2009. Safety equipment and instruction provided.

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Argaty Red Kites

Guided visits to see central Scotland's population of red kites, re-introduced to the area in 1996. The birds are fed daily and can be viewed as close as 50 metres from our purpose built hide.

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Arisaig Marine

Boat trips to the islands of Eigg, Muck & Rum from the village of Arisaig on the North West coast of Scotland.

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Atholl Estates

Discover the wildlife of one of Scotland's largest and most iconic estates during a hill tour with a game-keeper or landscape tour with a ranger.

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Balmoral Estate Ranger Service

Luxury Land Rover Safaris on the famous royal Balmoral Estate, through parkland, pristine Caledonian Pine Forest and finally out onto the open moorland at the foot of Lochnagar.

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Bella Jane & Aquaxplore

Experience the unforgettable on the Isle of Skye with Bella Jane cruises to the world famous Loch Coruisk and the seal colony in the heart of the spectacular Cuillin mountains...

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Birdwatching and Wildlife Club
Bird Watching and Wildlife Club

The Bird Watching and Wildlife Club owns the 55 bedroom Grant Arms Hotel ("the Birdwatchers Hotel") at Grantown on Spey. All guests at the hotel are welcome to use the Club's facilities, which include Club Room, Club Lounge, Library and eighty seat Lecture Theatre.

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Caledonian Discovery
Caledonian Discovery

Join us wildlife-watching on Loch Ness and the Great Glen.

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Clifftop Discovery

Clifftop Discovery offers a unique and exhilarating opportunity to explore the natural history and coastal scenery of Berwickshire's magnificent sea cliffs.

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Cluny House Gardens

Cluny is a 2.4ha organic woodland garden managed to give an appearance of being a natural woodland combining introduced plants with some native plants.

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CNDo Scotland Walking & Wildlife

Over the past 23 years, this business has delivered a vast range of walking and other foot-based holidays and courses, principally in Scotland. Integral to these holidays is the importance of observing wild/natural things. In addition we have provided numerous opportunities for folk to 'put something back' to the environment in order to gain a better understanding.

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Corrour Trust
Corrour Trust

Unique Highland wilderness stretching over 52,000 acres of beautiful remote Lochaber countryside. High quality holiday cottages, wildlife watching, walking of all grades, cycling, fishing, boating, canoeing and pony trekking.

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Craignish Cruises

Craignish Cruises - boat trips and private charters from Ardfern to Gulf of Corryvreckan whirlpool, Jura, Scarba, The Garvellachs and beyond.

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Cream o'Galloway

A great day out in the South West of Scotland for families. Visit Rainton Organic Farm: follow nature trails through the farm and join ranger-led walks and activities.

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Discover Mull

Friendly, relaxed and informative guided wildlife adventures to explore Mull's rich and varied wildlife and spectacular geological landscape.

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Eagle-Watch Cruises - Loch Shiel

Boat cruises on one of Scotland's most remote, beautiful and unspoilt lochs, Loch Shiel. Close to the famous Glenfinnan Monument and Fort William.

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Ecoventures
EcoVentures

Based in Cromarty at the heart of the Moray Firth, we specialise in marine wildlife watching trips using a custom built 9.5m RIB. Our trips frequently encounter bottlenose dolphins, harbour porpoises, seals, minke whales and a wide variety of seabirds. We aim to run all our trips in a responsible, sustainable manner and are fully accredited both with the Dolphin Space Programme and the WiSe Scheme.

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Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

SWT's Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve is located within the World Heritage Site of New Lanark and sits at the gateway to the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.

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Gairloch Marine Wildlife Centre and Cruises

Marine wildlife cruises. Run by a marine biologist. UK's longest running porpoise survey. The only boat in Scotland with a hydrophone specifically for listening to porpoises.

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Gemini Explorer
Gemini Explorer

Charter boat working from Buckie. Converted 72ft ex-Clyde Class Lifeboat offering quality viewing/cruising Platform. Skipper/Owner has vast experience in wildlife/antarctic cruising.

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Glenlivet Wildlife

Glenlivet Wildlife offers guided walks and wildlife watching in the Cairngorms National Park. Self-catering accommodation for wildlife enthusiasts is also available at Easter Corrie, set in a secluded glen in the heart of the Glenlivet Crown Estate.

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Glenloy Wildlife

We offer residential wildlife holidays in the West Highlands, centred on Glen Loy in Lochaber. Guests are shown the best that the region has to offer in terms of wildlife and scenery, with a full itinerary for stays of either 4 or 7 nights.

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Heatherlea

Heatherlea offers complete holiday packages to wildlife enthusiasts. The company owns the 3 star Mountview Hotel in Nethybridge and has been operating for fifteen years.

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Hebridean Whale Cruises

We offer 1-3 hour wildlife cruises from Gairloch. We have 2 boats (traditional and offshore RIB). Open all year.

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Highland Safaris

Scotland's premier Land Rover safari company offers wildlife safaris into the mountains and moorlands of Highland Perthshire.

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Highland Wildlife and Birdwatch Safaris

Friendly part or full day wildlife safaris with an experienced local nature watcher in a comfortable minibus.

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Island Cruising

Wildlife and activity cruises to remote islands and areas inaccessible by road. Weekly cruises to St Kilda.

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Island Holidays Plus

"Close to home and yet a different world". With international travel so readily available, it's easy to forget just how much we have here in the British Isles. With wildlife and birding, flowers and history, spectacular scenery and often glorious weather, the hidden corners of Britain have much to offer the discerning traveller.

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Islay Birding

Islay Birding is Islay's only full-time, inclusive, independent ranger led service. We use a landrover to access superb sites for excellent birding and nature watching.

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Isle of Mull Wildlife and Birdwatch Safaris

Daily landrover safaris on the Isle of Mull with experienced wildlife guide.

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Isle of Mull Wildlife Expeditions

Daily landrover safaris on the magical island of Mull.

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Kindrogan Field Centre
Kindrogan Field Centre

Year round provision of environmental education courses for all ages and abilities. Courses range from primary school to adults, professional biodiversity training courses (supported by SNH) to leisure interest. Most courses are based at the Centre - which can sleep 100+ people, but others are based on Scottish islands.

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Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre is a four star visitor attraction providing unrivalled viewing opportunities of breeding ospreys.

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Montrose Basin Visitor Centre (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

The Montrose Basin Visitor Centre is a four star visitor attraction providing high class viewing facilities through high powered telescopes and binoculars overlooking the Montrose Basin wildlife reserve and tidal estuary.

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Moray Diving

Wildlife watching and dive trips on the Moray Firth.Tourboat offering wildlife trips from Lossiemouth to see seals, dolphins, whales, porpoise, seabirds and the Moray Coast.

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Mull Eagle Watch

Visit the Island of Mull's famous sea eagles, as seen on BBC's Springwatch series. Join a ranger-led tour to the world's only public viewing hide overlooking a sea eagle nest. Also open autumn/winter 2009/2010 for trips on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10am and 1pm; call Craignure VIC on 01680 812 556.

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Mull of Kintyre Seatours
Mull of Kintyre Seatours

We offer fast boat trips around Kintyre and to Arran, the Firth of Clyde, Islay and Northern Ireland. Based in Campbeltown, where we run regular wildlife-watching trips to Sanda Island, Ailsa Craig and the Mull of Kintyre.

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Mull Wildlife Tours

Full day wildlife-watching tour of Isle of Mull. Founding member of Isle of Mull Bird Club. Also run a 3 star B&B which welcome wildlife-watchers.

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Northern Light Charters
Northern Light Charters

Hebridean Island & Wildlife Cruises from 4 to 9 nights travelling in the Hebrides frequently visiting St Kilda, famed for vast numbers of seabirds and amazing sea cliffs and stacs.

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Northshots

Nature photography holidays/workshop in Scotland and overseas.

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Orcadian Wildlife

We offer relaxed, tailor-made wildlife and activity holidays for small groups of people (maximum 4 guests) from our organic farm base at Gerraquoy, South Ronaldsay, the southernmost Orkney island. We keep groups small in order to enable you to see more and satisfy your wishes. Self catering in The Peedie House also available. Whatever you would like to in the Orkney outdoors, please give Sarah or Steve a call and we'll try and do it with you.

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Philiphaugh Estate & Salmon Viewing Centre

Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre based near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders provides a fish-eye view of the river.

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Press Mains
Press Mains Cottages

Relax and unwind at Press Mains Holiday Cottages

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Puffin Cruises
Puffin Cruises

Daily boat trips from Macduff harbour on the Moray Firth. Our trips east to Pennan pass Troup Head, the only mainland gannetry in Scotland. Plenty of wildlife to be seen

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South Lodge, Kirkwood Cottages
Real Farm Holidays

Farmhouse / cottage accommodation. Self catering (cook extra) with real countryside activities, real farm food: (meat, eggs, vegetables, fish) and wildlife heaven (otters, squirrels, badgers, deer, birds, insects and fish.)

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Red Kite Tours

Red Kite Tours offers you the very best wildlife guiding in the Highlands; there is so much to see here. Do get in touch to arrange a tour whose sights and sounds will linger long in the memory.

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Rothiemurchus
Rothiemurchus

Between the River Spey at Aviemore and the summits of the Cairngorms, we nurture one of the Scotland's wildest and most popular estates, providing wide ranging opportunities for enjoyment through watching, learning, living and participating in wildlife and heritage activities.

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Rua Reidh Lighthouse

Walking and wildlife tours with emphasis on the natural environment of Wester-Ross.

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Scottish Seabird Centre

The Scottish Seabird Centre is a multi-award winning wildlife centre in a stunning location overlooking the sea and islands of the Firth of Forth.

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Sea Life Surveys

Award winning Sea Life Surveys on the Isle of Mull offers you a once in a lifetime experience. Explore the exciting Hebridean waters for whale, dolphin, basking shark and so much more.

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Sea.fari Adventures (Oban)

Seafari Adventures (Oban) - marine eco-tour operator using rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RIBs).

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Seafari Adventures (Forth)

Wildlife watching boat trip in the Firth of Forth - based at Newhaven and North Berwick (as of June 2008). North Berwick operation is in partnership with the Scottish Seabird Centre

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Sealife Adventures (near Oban)

Operate 3 to 5 hour whale watching and wildlife trips which include the Corryvreckan Whirlpool. Our boat is quiet, powerful, stable and uncrowded and our owner/skipper and wildlife guide will aim to make your trip the highlight of your holiday!

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Seaprobe Atlantis

Explore the marine Special Area of Conservation at Kyle of Lochalsh onboard the only semi-submersible glass bottom boat in Scotland.

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Speyside Wildlife

Scotland’s leading wildlife tour operator, offering wildlife watching holidays in the Speyside and Highland areas, as well as abroad.

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The Majestic Line

The Majestic Line run three and six- night cruises on the west coast of Scotland, one boat leaving from Oban and the other from Holy Loch, Dunoon. Wildlife is obviously in abundance throughout the seaoon but we also run specific Heritage and Wildlife Cruises once a month.

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Turus Mara

Turus Mara run daily Seabird and Wildlife Cruise Tours to The Treshnish Isles, Staffa and Iona from Mull and Oban.

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Walk Deeside

WalkDeeside offer a range of guided walking activities all in the unique Cairngorms National Park and the Grampian Mountains.

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Wildabout Orkney

Almost twenty years ago, our company founder Michael Hartley instilled his commitment to nature and wildlife education which has flowed through every facet of our operations to this day. Tours cover a range of topics (archaeology, history, wildlife culture, folklore and spirituality) but all include wildlife and nature elements.

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Wilderness Scotland

Wilderness Scotland offer a wide range of small group adventure holidays in the company of Scotland's leading wilderness guides.

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Wildoutdoors

Wildoutdoors are a small company offering ecology walks and holidays with experienced local naturalists and outdoor activity instructors.

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