Winter has its distinct advantages: even the hardiest species are sometimes forced down from the mountain tops in search of food and shelter, and the Highlands of Scotland can seem like the tropics when you spend the rest of the year in the Arctic Circle.

As such we have a collection of photos which form a winter wildlife watcher's salute to old Jack Frost...Snow Bunting at Cairn Gorm, Greylag Geese at Moy, Red Deer on Alvie Estate, oh yes, and our faithful band of Waxwings in Grantown-on-Spey itself...

We can't wait to help our guests enjoy the best of Speyside's wildlife during our Winter Wildlife Watch week and are keeping our fingers crossed that the Waxwings will still be around...one thing is for certain, if they are you'll be the first to know!