The Black Isle and surrounding area is an ideal place to come wildlife watching. The area immediately around Flowerburn is excellent for wildlife. The pine woods behind the Lodges on Callachy Hill offer easy walking, with the chance of seeing Scottish specialities such as red squirrels or crested tits. Cones ‘stripped’ of their seeds can often be found on the woodland floor, indicating that a red squirrel has been feeding in the trees above. Buzzards and the rare red kite soar above the local farmland searching for prey, whilst large flocks of thrushes from Scandinavia are seen during winter.

Pine martens also frequent the woodland. Although they are rarely seen they have been spotted on the Lodge balconies eating food put out for birds.

At Flowerburn we have a colony of rare brown long-eared bats, one of the largest colonies in the north. Though hibernating through the winter they return in the spring and can be seen at dusk leaving their roost to search for moths and midgies.

During April & May the local woodlands are alive with songbirds staking their territory with their calls. The nearby Fairy Glen RSPB nature reserve is ideal for a spring walk to see the woodland flowers are at their best and look out for two local avian specialities - the dipper and grey wagtail.

It is also a good time to see Roe Deer which come out of the forests to eat the fresh grass in adjacent fields. Take a walk along Rosemarkie beach and you may see otters by the Rosemarkie and Learnie Burns.

The Moray Firth and Cromarty Firth are internationally important for their waterbird populations. At Udale Bay, a 10 minute drive from Flowerburn, the RSPB have a birdwatching hide. In spring and autumn thousands of wading birds pass through on migration. Curlew, oystercatcher and redshank are present all year round, being joined autumn to spring by dunlin, knot, bartailed godwit and ducks such as wigeon, teal and scaup. The best time to go is 3 hours either side of high tide.

Across the Cromarty Firth at Nigg is another RSPB reserve which can be reached by the 2 car Cromarty Ferry.

Munlochy Bay nature reserve on the Black Isle also has a large wintering bird population especially Greylag Geese, flocks of which can often be seen grazing on local farmland.