Biodiversity
An Introduction to Invasive Plant Species In Scotland
An Invasive species is usually a non-native or introduced species that adversely affects habitats and threatens biodiversity. While all species compete to survive, invasive species appear to have specific traits…
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What can the Farm Advisory Service do for you?
Regardless of farm size or business stage, the Scottish Farm Advisory Service can help you to increase the profitability and sustainability of your farming business through Government funding for one-to-one…
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Video: Helping pollinators on farms and crofts
The crofting areas of the Western Isles, Caithness, Sutherland and the Orkney isles are important for the Great Yellow Bumblebee, our rarest bumblebee. This bee particularly likes red clover and…
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Technical Note (TN721): Soil Biodiversity and Soil Health
Read Technical Note (TN721): Soil Biodiversity and Soil Health here
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Video: Improving habitats for farmland birds
Agricultural consultant Paul Chapman explains how farmland birds have shown significant population declines in Scotland, and across Europe, since the 1970s. In this video, he visits Hopewell Farm near Tarland…
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Soil Phosphorous Management
Dr Bill Crooks describes a new approach to managing phosphorous in your soil. Low levels of soil phosphorous can be very detrimental to grass and clover in the sward and…
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Case Study: Balancing the needs of cattle and corn buntings in Aberdeenshire
Read our case study, ‘Balancing the needs of cattle and corn buntings in Aberdeenshire’ here
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The multiple benefits of water margins on an upland farm
At least 2 km of watercourse have been fenced off as part of the agri-environmental management at SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms. Dr. John Holland an Upland Ecologist who’s been…
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The benefits of wader scrapes in an upland farm
Dr. John Holland, an Upland Ecologist shows Prof Davy McCracken the wader scrapes that have been created as part of a SRDP AECS contract at Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms.
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The Benefits of Agri-Environment Management at Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms
Farmers should look carefully at their farm to find small areas where they can engage with agri-environment management to provide a greater benefit to the wildlife and fauna in their…
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