Sustainable Systems: Ecosystem Functions
Find information about the ecosystem functions that occur naturally on your farm
Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and rest impacts profit drivers (pasture…
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Thrill of the Hill – A Damming Conclusion?
March 23, 2023Episode #12 – A Damming Conclusion? Beavers are a keystone species and their presence in Scotland could go a long way to achieving land landscape...
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Recognising Healthy Peatlands
February 7, 2023In this video, Dr Lorna Cole from SAC Consulting discusses how to recognise degraded peatlands with Laura Curtis-Moss from East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative. Related...
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Peatland Restoration
February 7, 2023In this video the SAC Consulting team up with peatland experts from East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative to help landowners navigate through a peatland restoration...
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Thrill of the Hill 9 – Digging Deep on Soil Carbon
January 31, 2023Episode #9 – Digging Deep on Soil Carbon. In this episode we hear from Senior Scientific Lead Rachael Ramsay about the scientific consensus around soil...
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The Trading Market for Farmland Carbon
January 30, 2023With Woodland and Peatland Carbon Codes well advanced, in this webinar we take a closer look at the activity in the agricultural farmland sector and...
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Species-Rich Grasslands
January 18, 2023Species-rich grasslands are particularly valuable for wildlife and support a variety of rare species of plants and insects. Despite their value, we have lost approximately...
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Working Together to Improve Water Management: Greenloaning Project on the Allan Water
January 17, 2023Forth Fisheries Trust have been working with land managers to slow flow and improve water management on site throughout the Allan Water Project. This video...
Read more >
Land Management for Lesser Butterfly Orchid
January 16, 2023Lesser Butterfly Orchid is a long-lived perennial, and once widespread it is now in decline. In this video Helen Bibby of SAC Consulting gives us...
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Land Management for Juniper
January 16, 2023Juniper is an evergreen shrub that tends to grow in colonies. It is in decline, and Scotland supports 80% of the UK juniper population. In...
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Land Management for Scotland’s Rainforest
January 16, 2023Scotland’s rainforest, an Atlantic rainforest, is identified as being under threat and in decline. In this video Helen Bibby from SAC Consulting and Stan Phillips...
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Ecosystem Markets and Green Commerce
January 11, 2023In our final episode of the series we are discussing the important financial topics which cover most natural capital projects, including ecosystem markets and green...
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Hedgerows
December 21, 2022Healthy hedgerows are truly multifunctional. They capture and store carbon, stockproof fields and enhance biosecurity, provide shade and shelter for livestock and they slow and...
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Peatlands
December 21, 2022Peatlands have been capturing and storing carbon for thousands of years, however, when degraded these peatlands actively emit carbon. Peatland restoration provides a crucial vehicle...
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Hedgerow Restoration and Management
December 21, 2022Healthy hedgerows are truly multifunctional. They capture and store carbon, stockproof fields and enhance biosecurity, provide shade and shelter for livestock and they slow and...
Read more >Thrill of the Hill – Working for Waders Part 2
December 21, 2022Thrill of the Hill is back! Season 3 #8 – Working for Waders Part II. In this episode we hear from returning guest, Working for...
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Farm Wildlife Walks – Southwest
December 20, 2022For farmers and those working within the rural economy, understanding a farm’s natural capital assets and knowing how to manage them appropriately is becoming increasingly...
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Cross Compliance: Disturbance of Birds
December 13, 2022Statutory management requirements are agricultural standards set out in UK law, SMR 2 restrictions exist to protect wild birds, their eggs and habitats during the...
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Cross Compliance: Protecting Our Landscapes
December 13, 2022Landscape features such as dykes are a unique part of the Scottish landscape, find out what the rules are under Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions...
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Cross Compliance – Preventing Soil Erosion
December 13, 2022Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 5 relates to limiting soil erosion. This short video explains why soil erosion is so important and your responsibilities relating...
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Water Management on Your Farm: Re-connection to Floodplain
December 9, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
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CropCast – Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs)
November 30, 2022Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by...
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Resilient Technology Options for Water Management on Farm: Rainwater Harvesting
November 25, 2022As our climate changes and we experience more extreme weather patterns, becoming more resilient and efficient with water use on farm can be critical to...
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Water Management for Your Farm: Slowing the Flow
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >
Water Management on Your Farm: Resilience
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
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Water Management on Your Farm: Rainwater Harvesting
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
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Water Management on Your Farm: Irrigation
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
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Rural Roundup – 16th November
November 17, 2022In this fortnight’s edition we get the latest news from Tiffany MacTaggart, who is joined by Robert Ramsay and George Chalmers to discuss what’s happening...
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Land Management for Lesser Butterfly Orchid
November 10, 2022Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia) is a long-lived perennial, flowering from June to July. Its habitat is open heath with damp acidic soils such as...
Read more >
Land Management for Juniper
November 9, 2022Juniper (Juniperus communis), is an evergreen shrub that tends to grow in colonies. Juniper is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species. It is in...
Read more >
Land Management for Scottish Atlantic Rainforests
November 7, 2022Scotland’s rainforest, an Atlantic rainforest, is identified as being under threat and in decline. This practical guide outlines what makes up Scotland’s rainforest, its biodiversity,...
Read more >
Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
October 28, 2022Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and...
Read more >
Maximising the Nature Value of Hedges at Old Leckie
October 26, 2022In this video, Fergus Younger of Old Leckie Farm and Sandra Stewart of Farming and Conservation discuss the multitude of benefits hedge planting has brought...
Read more >
Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity at Peelham
October 25, 2022In this video, Denise and Angus Walton discuss how developing a rotational grazing system combined with deferred grazing for cattle wintering has seen a multitude...
Read more >
Land Management for the Great Yellow Bumblebee
October 5, 2022In this short video Helen Bibby from SAC discusses Great Yellow Bumblebees with John Bowler from RSPB. Filmed on the Isle of Tiree where The...
Read more >
Land Management for the Great Yellow Bumblebee
October 5, 2022Great Yellow Bumble bees are a fast declining National Priority species in Scotland. Click download to read the best management to protect these species and...
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Multi-Species Swards
September 1, 2022This factsheet looks at the wide range of benefits multi-species swards can bring for farm profitability and biodiversity including improved stock and pasture productivity on...
Read more >
CropCast – Cover Crops & Green Manures
July 20, 2022Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by...
Read more >Thrill of the Hill – Great Yellow Bumblebee
March 30, 20222017 saw the start of Scotland’s Pollinator Strategy, now in 2022 and half way through a ten-year plan, the role and importance of pollinators has...
Read more >
Compost and Growing Media
December 13, 2021Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?!...
Read more >
Information Note: Improving Biodiversity on Your Farm
December 10, 2021As modern agriculture has a large focus on production, biodiversity has seen a decline over the years as farmers have utilised much of their land....
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Evaluating Soil Quality and Testing for Soil Health Status
December 9, 2021At grass roots level SAC consultants are noting a growing interest in soil health from farmers and increasing numbers of questions about what SRUC can...
Read more >
Tackling Soil Compaction to Reduce Fertiliser Costs
December 1, 2021Dairy farmers across Scotland often rely on fertiliser to ensure that they grow enough grass to meet the needs of their livestock. However, fertiliser prices...
Read more >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Working for Waders
October 29, 2021In this episode of the Thrill of The Hill podcast, host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from Working For Waders. They discuss the decline...
Read more >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Nature Friendly Farming Network
October 22, 2021In the shadow of COP26 Scotland prepares to host the world as we agree common targets and policies to combat climate change, equally important is...
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Confused about Carbon? Let’s Clear the Air!
October 10, 2021So much talk about reducing farm emissions, lowering your carbon footprint, carbon neutral, net zero and how to farm more efficiently…..confused by all this and...
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Buzzing About Bees (webinar)
October 8, 2021In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector...
Read more >
The Surprising Life of Freshwater Pearl Mussels
October 1, 2021In this podcast Janette Sutherland chats to Mary McAndrew who is a project officer with the Pearl Mussel Project in Ireland. Ireland and Scotland have...
Read more >
Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly Chequered Skipper butterflies became extinct in England in 1976. where there are on going trials trying...
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Information Note: Land Management for Corncrakes
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for Corncrakes In the UK, the Corncrake is classified as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern and protected in the...
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Information Note: Land Management for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly In Scotland the Marsh Fritillary butterfly’s distribution is limited to the Argyll islands and the neighbouring...
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Information Note: Land Management for Black Grouse
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for Black Grouse Black Grouse were once widespread in the UK. In Scotland they are now one of our fastest declining...
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The Clyde Valley Waders Initiative – a farmer’s experience
September 24, 2021Doug Telfer has farmed at Glendouran Farm for all of his life. He’s one of the farmers involved the Clyde Valley Wader Initiative. In this...
Read more >
The Clyde Valley Wader Initiative – what habitats do waders need?
September 23, 2021Stephen Inglis, a project officer from the RSPB explains more about the habitats that the farmers within the Clyde Valley Wader Initiative are managing to...
Read more >
Recording wildlife on your farm or croft
September 8, 2021As farmers and crofters the natural world is our office, but have you taken stock of the biodiversity on your land? In the midst of...
Read more >
Trees and carbon capture – The Science
July 21, 2021Can trees really help combat climate change, and how? If you’ve ever wondered “what’s the evidence that tree planting targets will work?” watch the recording...
Read more >
What’s the buzz with bees, trees and rivers? (webinar)
July 7, 2021Riparian tree planting – what’s the buzz? During this webinar we will highlight the multitude of benefits your farm could experience from riparian tree planting....
Read more >
Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation
April 30, 2021Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation Predator control is a long-established part of rural land management in Scotland, primarily for the protection of game...
Read more >
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) The Oystercatcher is a noticeable and noisy farmland wader, which breeds on almost all UK coasts. It...
Read more >
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK...
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Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK...
Read more >
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus)
March 18, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus) The Redshank is probably the least familiar of the five farmland waders. Formerly widespread throughout Scottish farmland,...
Read more >
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
March 17, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Smaller than other farmland waders, the snipe has streaky brown plumage, a very long straight bill and...
Read more >Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – A Practical Guide
March 16, 2021Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – a Practical Guide We know that farmland wading birds are declining due to national ‘citizen science’ surveys, such as bird...
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Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Soil Health
February 4, 2021Soils are complex systems that are important in providing and sustaining the landscapes they support. They are built up of three main components – physical,...
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Select by an area of interest
Thrill of the Hill – A Damming Conclusion?
March 23, 2023Episode #12 – A Damming Conclusion? Beavers are a keystone species and their presence in Scotland could go a long way to achieving land landscape...
Read more >Recognising Healthy Peatlands
February 7, 2023In this video, Dr Lorna Cole from SAC Consulting discusses how to recognise degraded peatlands with Laura Curtis-Moss from East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative. Related...
Read more >Peatland Restoration
February 7, 2023In this video the SAC Consulting team up with peatland experts from East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative to help landowners navigate through a peatland restoration...
Read more >Thrill of the Hill 9 – Digging Deep on Soil Carbon
January 31, 2023Episode #9 – Digging Deep on Soil Carbon. In this episode we hear from Senior Scientific Lead Rachael Ramsay about the scientific consensus around soil...
Read more >The Trading Market for Farmland Carbon
January 30, 2023With Woodland and Peatland Carbon Codes well advanced, in this webinar we take a closer look at the activity in the agricultural farmland sector and...
Read more >Species-Rich Grasslands
January 18, 2023Species-rich grasslands are particularly valuable for wildlife and support a variety of rare species of plants and insects. Despite their value, we have lost approximately...
Read more >Working Together to Improve Water Management: Greenloaning Project on the Allan Water
January 17, 2023Forth Fisheries Trust have been working with land managers to slow flow and improve water management on site throughout the Allan Water Project. This video...
Read more >Land Management for Lesser Butterfly Orchid
January 16, 2023Lesser Butterfly Orchid is a long-lived perennial, and once widespread it is now in decline. In this video Helen Bibby of SAC Consulting gives us...
Read more >Land Management for Juniper
January 16, 2023Juniper is an evergreen shrub that tends to grow in colonies. It is in decline, and Scotland supports 80% of the UK juniper population. In...
Read more >Land Management for Scotland’s Rainforest
January 16, 2023Scotland’s rainforest, an Atlantic rainforest, is identified as being under threat and in decline. In this video Helen Bibby from SAC Consulting and Stan Phillips...
Read more >Ecosystem Markets and Green Commerce
January 11, 2023In our final episode of the series we are discussing the important financial topics which cover most natural capital projects, including ecosystem markets and green...
Read more >Hedgerows
December 21, 2022Healthy hedgerows are truly multifunctional. They capture and store carbon, stockproof fields and enhance biosecurity, provide shade and shelter for livestock and they slow and...
Read more >Peatlands
December 21, 2022Peatlands have been capturing and storing carbon for thousands of years, however, when degraded these peatlands actively emit carbon. Peatland restoration provides a crucial vehicle...
Read more >Hedgerow Restoration and Management
December 21, 2022Healthy hedgerows are truly multifunctional. They capture and store carbon, stockproof fields and enhance biosecurity, provide shade and shelter for livestock and they slow and...
Read more >Thrill of the Hill – Working for Waders Part 2
December 21, 2022Thrill of the Hill is back! Season 3 #8 – Working for Waders Part II. In this episode we hear from returning guest, Working for...
Read more >Farm Wildlife Walks – Southwest
December 20, 2022For farmers and those working within the rural economy, understanding a farm’s natural capital assets and knowing how to manage them appropriately is becoming increasingly...
Read more >Cross Compliance: Disturbance of Birds
December 13, 2022Statutory management requirements are agricultural standards set out in UK law, SMR 2 restrictions exist to protect wild birds, their eggs and habitats during the...
Read more >Cross Compliance: Protecting Our Landscapes
December 13, 2022Landscape features such as dykes are a unique part of the Scottish landscape, find out what the rules are under Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions...
Read more >Cross Compliance – Preventing Soil Erosion
December 13, 2022Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 5 relates to limiting soil erosion. This short video explains why soil erosion is so important and your responsibilities relating...
Read more >Water Management on Your Farm: Re-connection to Floodplain
December 9, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >CropCast – Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs)
November 30, 2022Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by...
Read more >Resilient Technology Options for Water Management on Farm: Rainwater Harvesting
November 25, 2022As our climate changes and we experience more extreme weather patterns, becoming more resilient and efficient with water use on farm can be critical to...
Read more >Water Management for Your Farm: Slowing the Flow
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >Water Management on Your Farm: Resilience
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >Water Management on Your Farm: Rainwater Harvesting
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >Water Management on Your Farm: Irrigation
November 25, 2022As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented...
Read more >Rural Roundup – 16th November
November 17, 2022In this fortnight’s edition we get the latest news from Tiffany MacTaggart, who is joined by Robert Ramsay and George Chalmers to discuss what’s happening...
Read more >Land Management for Lesser Butterfly Orchid
November 10, 2022Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia) is a long-lived perennial, flowering from June to July. Its habitat is open heath with damp acidic soils such as...
Read more >Land Management for Juniper
November 9, 2022Juniper (Juniperus communis), is an evergreen shrub that tends to grow in colonies. Juniper is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species. It is in...
Read more >Land Management for Scottish Atlantic Rainforests
November 7, 2022Scotland’s rainforest, an Atlantic rainforest, is identified as being under threat and in decline. This practical guide outlines what makes up Scotland’s rainforest, its biodiversity,...
Read more >Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
October 28, 2022Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and...
Read more >Maximising the Nature Value of Hedges at Old Leckie
October 26, 2022In this video, Fergus Younger of Old Leckie Farm and Sandra Stewart of Farming and Conservation discuss the multitude of benefits hedge planting has brought...
Read more >Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity at Peelham
October 25, 2022In this video, Denise and Angus Walton discuss how developing a rotational grazing system combined with deferred grazing for cattle wintering has seen a multitude...
Read more >Land Management for the Great Yellow Bumblebee
October 5, 2022In this short video Helen Bibby from SAC discusses Great Yellow Bumblebees with John Bowler from RSPB. Filmed on the Isle of Tiree where The...
Read more >Land Management for the Great Yellow Bumblebee
October 5, 2022Great Yellow Bumble bees are a fast declining National Priority species in Scotland. Click download to read the best management to protect these species and...
Read more >Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Multi-Species Swards
September 1, 2022This factsheet looks at the wide range of benefits multi-species swards can bring for farm profitability and biodiversity including improved stock and pasture productivity on...
Read more >CropCast – Cover Crops & Green Manures
July 20, 2022Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by...
Read more >Thrill of the Hill – Great Yellow Bumblebee
March 30, 20222017 saw the start of Scotland’s Pollinator Strategy, now in 2022 and half way through a ten-year plan, the role and importance of pollinators has...
Read more >Compost and Growing Media
December 13, 2021Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?!...
Read more >Information Note: Improving Biodiversity on Your Farm
December 10, 2021As modern agriculture has a large focus on production, biodiversity has seen a decline over the years as farmers have utilised much of their land....
Read more >Evaluating Soil Quality and Testing for Soil Health Status
December 9, 2021At grass roots level SAC consultants are noting a growing interest in soil health from farmers and increasing numbers of questions about what SRUC can...
Read more >Tackling Soil Compaction to Reduce Fertiliser Costs
December 1, 2021Dairy farmers across Scotland often rely on fertiliser to ensure that they grow enough grass to meet the needs of their livestock. However, fertiliser prices...
Read more >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Working for Waders
October 29, 2021In this episode of the Thrill of The Hill podcast, host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from Working For Waders. They discuss the decline...
Read more >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Nature Friendly Farming Network
October 22, 2021In the shadow of COP26 Scotland prepares to host the world as we agree common targets and policies to combat climate change, equally important is...
Read more >Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Confused about Carbon? Let’s Clear the Air!
October 10, 2021So much talk about reducing farm emissions, lowering your carbon footprint, carbon neutral, net zero and how to farm more efficiently…..confused by all this and...
Read more >Buzzing About Bees (webinar)
October 8, 2021In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector...
Read more >The Surprising Life of Freshwater Pearl Mussels
October 1, 2021In this podcast Janette Sutherland chats to Mary McAndrew who is a project officer with the Pearl Mussel Project in Ireland. Ireland and Scotland have...
Read more >Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly Chequered Skipper butterflies became extinct in England in 1976. where there are on going trials trying...
Read more >Information Note: Land Management for Corncrakes
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for Corncrakes In the UK, the Corncrake is classified as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern and protected in the...
Read more >Information Note: Land Management for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly In Scotland the Marsh Fritillary butterfly’s distribution is limited to the Argyll islands and the neighbouring...
Read more >Information Note: Land Management for Black Grouse
September 30, 2021Information Note: Land Management for Black Grouse Black Grouse were once widespread in the UK. In Scotland they are now one of our fastest declining...
Read more >The Clyde Valley Waders Initiative – a farmer’s experience
September 24, 2021Doug Telfer has farmed at Glendouran Farm for all of his life. He’s one of the farmers involved the Clyde Valley Wader Initiative. In this...
Read more >The Clyde Valley Wader Initiative – what habitats do waders need?
September 23, 2021Stephen Inglis, a project officer from the RSPB explains more about the habitats that the farmers within the Clyde Valley Wader Initiative are managing to...
Read more >Recording wildlife on your farm or croft
September 8, 2021As farmers and crofters the natural world is our office, but have you taken stock of the biodiversity on your land? In the midst of...
Read more >Trees and carbon capture – The Science
July 21, 2021Can trees really help combat climate change, and how? If you’ve ever wondered “what’s the evidence that tree planting targets will work?” watch the recording...
Read more >What’s the buzz with bees, trees and rivers? (webinar)
July 7, 2021Riparian tree planting – what’s the buzz? During this webinar we will highlight the multitude of benefits your farm could experience from riparian tree planting....
Read more >Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation
April 30, 2021Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation Predator control is a long-established part of rural land management in Scotland, primarily for the protection of game...
Read more >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) The Oystercatcher is a noticeable and noisy farmland wader, which breeds on almost all UK coasts. It...
Read more >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK...
Read more >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata)
March 23, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK...
Read more >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus)
March 18, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus) The Redshank is probably the least familiar of the five farmland waders. Formerly widespread throughout Scottish farmland,...
Read more >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
March 17, 2021Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Smaller than other farmland waders, the snipe has streaky brown plumage, a very long straight bill and...
Read more >Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – A Practical Guide
March 16, 2021Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – a Practical Guide We know that farmland wading birds are declining due to national ‘citizen science’ surveys, such as bird...
Read more >Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Soil Health
February 4, 2021Soils are complex systems that are important in providing and sustaining the landscapes they support. They are built up of three main components – physical,...
Read more >