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Alan Bird

Weekly News

Expansion of native woodlands in Argyll

Working on quite an interesting project over in Argyll just now, where the owner of an estate is considering trying to expand the native woodland and wider suite of upland habitats to increase biodiversity as well as provide more game for sport.  Interested to see where this goes over the next few years.  On the other side of the glen, there are good semi-natural woodlands already present from seashore towards…
May 22, 2019
Weekly News

Ecosystems & disturbance

I love the way that nature rebounds following disturbance, keeping our ecosystems resilient through an endless sequence of small-scale processes.  Here is a primrose that had colonised on top of a fallen root plate on the River Earn.
April 20, 2019
Working Week

Peat Action Monadhliath – update

The results of our collaborative peatland restoration project in the Monadhliath are now becoming evident.  In total, we have treated 1,234ha of land in the past 7/8 months – an amazing effort by all the organisations involved.  Here is an example of the outcomes on one of the estates from a distance, and close up.  The site used to be a dry peat flat with deep, dry gullies…
March 8, 2019