Category Archives: Wildlife/Nature

Wildlife & Nature info around Loch Ness

Nessie on the Waves

This week “Nessie” has been both on the waves and below them! Our Loch Ness correspondent has been broadcasting recently to New Zealand and Northern Ireland telling them the Loch Ness story, and it’s clear that from these two corners … Continue reading

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Looking forward to a ‘Monster’ Spring and Summer with you on Loch Ness!

If you’re planning on sailing with us on Loch Ness as part of your visit to the Scottish Highlands this year, there are plenty of ideas for things to see and do, in this Year of Natural Scotland 2013, particularly … Continue reading

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Easter Sunshine and Soaring Raptors on Loch Ness

Thanks to all you good folks out there who took our advice a few weeks back and booked their Easter break at Loch Ness, you did us proud and the weather over the weekend did you all proud too. What … Continue reading

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Loch Ness and Year of Natural Scotland 2013

Here at Loch Ness we have had a touch of Spring this last couple of weeks. In fact, only recently have we seen light showers. The daffodils and snowdrops are starting to show and the buds are appearing on the … Continue reading

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Winter on Loch Ness

As the rest of Britain is caught in the depths of winter: roads impassable, airlines grounded, temperatures way below average – here at Loch Ness we are, dare we say it, basking in glorious sunshine and clear blue skies. Recently … Continue reading

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An A-Z of Loch Ness with Jacobite V

As 2013 is The Year of Natural Scotland, what a great idea to come north and have a wildlife holiday in the Scottish Highlands, seizing the opportunity to explore Loch Ness with Jacobite. Along with Pine Marten, you have the … Continue reading

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A Look at Loch Ness: The Geology of Loch Ness

Loch Ness forms a substantial part of the Great Glen – a major topographical feature that divides the Highlands in an almost straight line from coast to coast. It’s a geologically complex area but the major landscape characteristics that we … Continue reading

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A Look at Loch Ness: Trees

If you take a look around the shores of the Loch Ness, and to a greater extent Urquhart Bay, you will see a number of Alder Trees. These deep-rooted trees help to maintain the soil in the river banks and … Continue reading

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A Look at Loch Ness: Wildlife

Thanks to Nessie, the real wildlife around the loch tends to get overlooked by visitors, but we’re blessed with a magnificent variety of creatures, within the forests, moorland and shoreline of Loch Ness. Red squirrels are present in all the … Continue reading

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A Look at Loch Ness: Birds

When you sail with Jacobite on Loch Ness, you will more than likely spot a wide variety of birds as we make our way along the Loch. Throughout the Highlands and here in the Loch Ness area, we enjoy a … Continue reading

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