Weekly News

We have just started out on the 3rd year of peatland restoration work in the Monadhliath mountains on behalf of the members of the local deer management group.  The project this year, which SCL is again running on behalf of the DMG and its members, aims to deliver over 1,500ha of drain blocking and erosion restoration for an all-in cost of £1.6 million ex VAT.  At the peak of the…

July has seen us working across 3 NNR sites for SNH: Beinn Eighe, Creag Meagaidh and Invereshie.  We’ve been undertaking intensive survey work looking at deer density and deer impact levels across each site, and comparing the results to previous survey work on each site.  Loads of interesting findings to discuss with the client in due course.

This month saw us active on a very large repeat survey of the woodlands and moorlands of the western Cairngorms for Forestry and Land Scotland.  It’s been fascinating re-sampling at several hundred locations to see how much change has arisen since we last surveyed the area.  There’s been a lot of deer culled in the intervening period, with some positive signs apparent on the ground.  We’ve also repeated the Capercaillie…