RV 10.00 at Beldorney Castle

Recently acquired estate now part of the Bunloit Wildland project - see  Bunloit and Beldorney - Bunloit

The Bunloit Rewilding project hopes to rewild and re-people the highlands through optimally sequestering carbon, growing biodiversity, creating green new jobs and generating sustainable profit for purpose. By developing this new way of land management, they aim to become a world leader in accelerating Nature-based Solutions that can help fight the climate and biodiversity crises, whilst helping to rebuild local economies, post-covid.  

They are investing to create new livelihoods whilst conducting innovative research on carbon and biodiversity, using a range of methods to develop our plans that will be beneficial for nature, people and ultimately the planet. 

Beldorney (349 hectares)  is their most recent asset, comprised of over-grazed pasture and a selection of coniferous plantations – a perfect site to implement the land management model being developed at Bunloit, acting as a blank page for rewilding efforts.

We will be hosted by Executive Director, Jeremy Leggett Team - Bunloit

RV 10.00 at Forestry Commission car park, Lairg. OS ref: NH.716 843

AM: visit Coille Righ Woodlands near Loch Shin -

300 ha P.81 – 85  Investment Conifer planting with mixed results owned by Society member Peter Nielsen, Managed by Crosscut Forestry.

PM: Nearby  Rosehall Estate 29 turbine wind farm Sitka regeneration. 

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Langwell which is Jonathan Hampton's (member) farm woodlands near Lairg.

Joint Field Day with RFS and the Continuous Cover Forestry Group.

Hosted by Scottish Woodlands.

Topics will include Continuous Cover Forestry, specimen trees, natural regeneration, deer management and Red squirrel conservation.

RV: 09.45 at the Old Sawmill, Kyloe Wood. Head for Fenwick Village, TD15 2PQ, grid reference NU066401 and the Sawmill will be signed from there (approx 1/2 a mile further).

RV: 10am, The Waterwheel Café Car Park, Philiphaugh, Selkirk, TD7 5LU. Grid ref: NT450277

Hosted by Sir Michael Strang Steel.

A mixed estate with commercial woodlands, native woodlands, wildlife tourism and a new community woodland.