Britain's biggest national park packs in red squirrels, ospreys, reindeer, pine martens and crested tits — no jet lag required. The Loch Garten nature centre has telescopes trained on nesting ospreys from April to August, the Cairngorm reindeer herd does daily hill visits where children hand-feed the animals, and squirrels raid the feeders outside half the cafés in Boat of Garten. Combine with the funicular railway and wild swimming in Loch Morlich.
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