Over the past year and a half our new exhibition & paddocks have been a non-stop project. One thing we knew we wanted to achieve was to make the new and improved paddocks a haven for local wildlife. O...

How are we nearing the end of the year?! After the Summer, the reindeer are in great condition and we have some cracking sets of antler within the herd. Christmas training has began for our 3 year old...

When we left off with part 1 of Emm's visit back in March, the days had been filled with reindeer and herder antics! Enjoy part 2 below... -------- I had a great time catching up with all the dogs aga...

The first few minutes of my stint working in March started with a bang! Daisy Kate and I got in the reindeer van to go to the hill enclosure. As Daisy drove away she forgot the drain pipe was on the g...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ab...

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 rein...

We were delighted to be asked to send a representative from the Cairngorm Reindeer herd to speak at the Arctic Science Summit Week at a session focusing on how climate change was affecting reindeer he...

Well, July has been a MONTH! At the start of the month, harness training for our male reindeer was well under way and there was still some really scruffy males around. The antler growth that we have h...

The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain's only free-ranging herd of reindeer found in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. These tame and friendly animals are a joy to all who come and see…

I am the youngest Scottish reindeer herder. Although many people think I'm older than I really am and it happens on a regular basis. I'm either on a hill trip or doing a paddock talk and there is alwa...

A free range season adventure! Daisy: It was morning briefing in mid April and we were contacted to inform us the reindeer had moved right up onto the mountain plateau not too far from Ptarmigan Stati...

Welcome back to the final installment of Reindeer Around the World! For the last blog in the series we're travelling west to look at the four subspecies of Caribou that cover Canada, Greenland and a f...