Boar on Speyside?

[Feugh]

Whilst driving from Aviemore to Grantown today, my wife and I both saw a dead animal at the side of the road close to the Dulnain heather centre and to both of us it looked very like a boar. Are boar known to frequent the area?

 

[Stalker62]

Whilst driving from Aviemore to Grantown today, my wife and I both saw a dead animal at the side of the road close to the Dulnain heather centre and to both of us it looked very like a boar. Are boar known to frequent the area?

Perhaps a quick edit to the title of your post may assist?

 

[Feugh]

Perhaps a quick edit to the title of your post may assist?

Thanks. Blooming spell check caught me out that time.

 

[pop1]

It was a roe doe

 

[Feugh]

It was a roe doe

Aaaagh! Really? We both thought that we saw a snout. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[pop1]

I thought you could of been right. There was apparently a boar seen near grainish in the summer. But a colleague seen it this morning and it’s definitely a doe

 

[User00040]

But a colleague seen it this morning and it’s definitely a doe

Hope it's been moved off the road by now

 

[Lateral]

I’ve seen boar between Tomlintoul, and Speyside.

 

[pop1]

Hope it's been moved off the road by now

God no!!!! I prefer my roadkill tenderised and salted before I lift it!!!!

 

[Moray]

Whilst driving from Aviemore to Grantown today, my wife and I both saw a dead animal at the side of the road close to the Dulnain heather centre and to both of us it looked very like a boar. Are boar known to frequent the area?

They are not a million miles away .
From this area .
A friend drives forMcphersons of Aberlour and he hit one at Tomatin 6 or 7 weeks ago . In early hours .
Allow didn't look good after 44 tonnes went over it.
But it was a boar . So never say never .

 

[Feugh]

They are not a million miles away .
From this area .
A friend drives forMcphersons of Aberlour and he hit one at Tomatin 6 or 7 weeks ago . In early hours .
Allow didn't look good after 44 tonnes went over it.
But it was a boar . So never say never .

I find it interesting to track the gradual recolonisation of boar from the Tomintoul area in the south and Invermoriston to the north over the last few years. If NatureScot wants to limit their extent I suspect that they have missed the boat.

 

[User00040]

I find it interesting to track the gradual recolonisation of boar from the Tomintoul area in the south and Invermoriston to the north over the last few years. If NatureScot wants to limit their extent I suspect that they have missed the boat.

Do you class 'boar' to be different than an escaped domestic pig?

Seem to recall most 'wild boar' are found to simply be feral pigs.

 

[Feugh]

Yes, I am (incorrectly) lumping them together here, since domestic pigs seem to become feral very quickly.

 

[mudman]

Do you class 'boar' to be different than an escaped domestic pig?

Seem to recall most 'wild boar' are found to simply be feral pigs.

I think some of those in the northern parts of Scotland are ‘Iron Age Pigs‘ which have gone feral. They were bred by crossing Tamworth with wild boar specifically for conservation projects. Those is SW Scotland though look to be very much the real McCoy, although of course looks can be deceptive.

 

[waterford103]

A few years ago whilst driving to Speyside just before Fochabers early one morning a whole family crossed the road in front of me . There were several piglets , 6 or 7 , mother and an enormous boar . Thet disappeared into the woods on the northern side of the road . I asked around and there had been previous sightings.

 

[User00040]

I think some of those in the northern parts of Scotland are ‘Iron Age Pigs‘ which have gone feral. They were bred by crossing Tamworth with wild boar specifically for conservation projects. Those is SW Scotland though look to be very much the real McCoy, although of course looks can be deceptive.

IIRC 'true' wild boar has been extinct in the UK since the 1700-1800's.

 

[Moray]

IIRC 'true' wild boar has been extinct in

IIRC 'true' wild boar has been extinct in the UK since the 1700-1800's.

The easy answer is to just call them feral
As I doubt if any anywhere in Britain are pure bloodlines.

 

[NickJ]

I haven't heard of any sightings along the Spey south of the A9. North of it they are spreading down from the Great Glen slowly.

 

[hilljim]

Is this a wild boar?

 

[waterford103]

The one I saw as it crossed the road was dark very hairy and had tusks but smaller than the ones I shot in Germany many years ago , wild maybe but feral definitely.