The Springwatch estate that’s home to one of Scotland’s most remote holiday lodges

The wilderness reserve where the TV series is filmed is home to an ambitious rewilding project – and a cosy lodge with a ringside seat

It’s 11pm but the sky is still light. In late May, this far north, night hardly happens. We peer out of the back window into the glen. The deer are closer. An hour ago, I spied their silhouettes descending the distant slopes, like tiny antlered beetles. Now they have crossed the river and are advancing over the bog towards us, nibbling as they go.