Biodiversity

Farm Wildlife Walks: Tackling the Biodiversity Crisis

With the release of the recent State of Nature Report, it has never been more clear the pivotal role farming has in addressing Scotland’s biodiversity crisis. Farming makes up the…

Glensanda Woodland Creation: Biodiversity

Woodland on Glensanda Estate ©HelenBibby Woodland creation projects can offer land managers great benefits, from improving water management on site, carbon storage, production of timber and providing natural shelter for…

Technical Note (TN764): Biodiversity Audit Habitat Identification Help Sheet

The wide range of benefits that farmland habitats provide is becoming increasingly recognised and industry is increasing asking farmers to quantify and map these habitats. New guidance will support farmers…

Technical Note (TN763): Five Actions for Nature

With approximately 80% of land in Scotland devoted to agriculture, the value of farmland habitats in connecting nature-rich habitats through our countryside is becoming increasingly recognised. Wildlife rich habitats can…

Natural Capital – Landscape Scale Collaboration

Protecting, valuing and restoring natural capital at the landscape scale requires a joined-up effort and collaboration amongst different landowners and groups. In this episode we are joined by Ross MacLeod…

Land Management for Saltmarshes

Saltmarshes in Scotland Saltmarshes by definition are coastal wetlands which flood and drain again with saline sea water. The amount of flooding is therefore dependent on the tides. The ground…

Land Management for Red Billed Choughs

What are Choughs? The red billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a member of the crow family found in rocky places, particularly sea cliffs along the West Coast. They are shiny…

Land Management for Machair

Machair is fertile low-lying grassland dominated by grasses and herbs. It is unique to the north-west of Scotland and Ireland and is one of Europe’s rarest habitats. Found along the…

Living Alongside Beavers

Argaty Estates was the first landowner in Scotland to legally relocate beavers. Tom Bowser explains what it’s like to farm alongside beavers. The benefits he has seen includes flooding and…

Mitigating Beavers’ Impacts on a Farm

Kate Sanky from West Moss-side Organic Farm has noticed beaver activity on her land and is concerned about the risk of flooding to her land and business. Dr Roo Campbell,…

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