Environment
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…
Read More >Technical Note (TN721): Soil Biodiversity and Soil Health
Read Technical Note (TN721): Soil Biodiversity and Soil Health here
Read More >Technical Note (TN714): Liming materials and recommendations
Read Technical Note (TN714): Liming materials and recommendations here
Read More >Video: Priority Catchment Inspections – Part 5: Talking through the findings
In the final video of our series, we join farmer Gordon Mackay and SEPA’s Pete Wright at the end of the priority catchment visit for a round-up of the findings…
Read More >Video: Priority Catchment Inspections – Part 4: What to look out for in your livestock fields
In the fourth video in our Priority Catchment Inspection series, we hear about diffuse pollution problems in livestock fields.
Read More >Video: Priority Catchment Inspection – Part 3: What SEPA are looking at in an arable field
In the third video in this series, we hear from SEPA field officer, Pete Wright, about what SEPA are looking at in an arable field in terms of diffuse pollution…
Read More >Video: Priority Catchment Inspection – Part 2: Steading assessment
In the second video of our series explaining what to expect from a Priority Catchment Inspection, we join Pete Wright (SEPA) as he takes us through a steading assessment.
Read More >Video: Priority Catchment Inspection – Part 1: An Introduction
What’s involved in a priority catchment farm inspection? This is the first of a series of videos explaining what to expect on the day of the inspection.
Read More >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…
Read More >Video: Fighting bank erosion with willow spiling
Learn more about willow spiling and how it can help prevent riverbank erosion. Farmers and landowners within the Garnock Catchment are invited to contact Garnock Connections about trialling riverbank stabilisation…
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