Photography Stalking in Scotland: better than “real” Deer Stalking?
The increasing number of high quality, affordable cameras with lenses as long as your arm has been accompanied over the last few years by increasing interest in getting close to […]
Category Archives: Activities
2015 Stalking, Grouse Shooting and Other Activities Review
We are lucky to have both a healthy number of resident hinds and stags, and wonderful terrain for stalking. Several of the factors that made last season challenging were repeated. […]
2015 Fishing Review
This has been an exciting year on the river. In April Tom Buchanan, who has fished the Lyon for 43 years, caught a 35lb salmon in Rock pool which won […]
Three generations catch salmon!
Mr Harvey’s party stayed at Chesthill House from 23rd – 30th August 2015. The continuing wet summer didn’t benefit their sun tans but did benefit their fortunes on the river, […]
Restocking the Hill Loch
The Hill Loch was restocked with trout yesterday, and despite heavy rain and hail showers, all went well. The loch sits at 2000ft above sea level, making access very weather […]
A BIG salmon!
There has been a really very exciting catch on the estate this week. Here’s the full story: Tom Buchanan is a keen angler, and has been regularly fishing on the […]
Grouse Shooting & Other Activities in 2014
Grouse Shooting It is important to me and my family that South Chesthill remains an estate that offers a variety of sport and activities. For this reason, with deer competing […]
2014 Stalking Review
We are lucky to have both a healthy number of resident hinds and stags (many of which just visit for the rut), and wonderful terrain for stalking. There were three […]
2014 Fishing Review
The Lyon is of course not as productive as its parent river the Tay, but being the main tributary of the upper Tay means it receives decent quantities of running […]
South Chesthill Estate: traditional holidays and sport in Scotland 