Our Projects

We created 12 Seed Islands across Torlundy Farm, a member of Loch Abar Mor. This will provide a source of native seed across the farm and introduce missing species. The majority of these were on the banks of the River Lochy, which will improve the health of the river, riparian zone and flood plain. 

During this stage of Glassie's Nature Restoration Fund, the plan is to convert a poor quality horse paddock into a rich mosaic of meadow flowers, woodland edge species, and butterfly foodplants, greatly increasing the biodiversity and available habitat for pollinators at Glassie. 

Keeping our process sustainable and non-polluting is a key feature of this projects. We will be using a mixture of hand processes and disturbance via pigs to keep this project nature friendly and low impact on our climate.

We built 15 leaky dams in five locations on a tributary to the River Feshie at Ballintean. On our site visit we found the watercourse was once straightened and acted to drain the area minimising wetlands leaving little space for water. After our work the burn will store water, and have a diversity of flows and depths, which adds flood and drought resistance and hosts numerous diverse habitats. This will be enhanced by wildflower restoration work planned to take place at Ballintean, introducing lost plant species to increase the biodiversity and available habitats on the site.

We have been tasked with designing a wildflower restoration plan for West Moss-side Farm. We have undertaken surveys and identified a low floral diversity block of planting. This area will be targeted for wildflower seeding and direct translocations to boost the species richness and make a more complete woodland habitat. 

We have been tasked with designing a wildflower restoration plan for Argaty Red Kites. We have undertaken surveys and identified five areas of low floral diversity which would greatly benefit from local wildflower reintroductions. These areas will be targeted for wildflower seeding and direct translocations to boost the species richness and make a more complete woodland habitat. 

We were comissioned by the Tireragan Trees Trust to undertake surveys of the Tireragan Estate to determine woodland extent, make-up and locate rare tree species. We vsisted over 50 areas of woodland, and identified new locations for Juniper and Aspen. We are currently processing this data and drone imagery to produce a planting plan and seed collection maps.

We created eight Native Habitat Starters along the banks of the River Isla on Northwoods Rewilding Network member Drummuir Estate - with a focus on wetland species to help develop a healthier floodplain in the valley, capable of supporting a beaver population as they spread from the nearby Spey catchment. 

These contain Aspen, Willows, Birches, and Alders, with over 20 species of wet meadow flowers, rushes, and grasses, added in via large scrapes in the ex-agricultural ground.

We installed two seed islands in an ex-agricultural field on the flood plain of the River Earn. These are to be planted with an assemblage of native trees by the land owner this season. The islands will protect the trees from grazing pressures in the area and allow them to start natural tree regeneration in the area in as little as 10 years.

We were commissioned by future trees trust to maintain a plot of trial birch trees. These native trees are specially selected to be suitable for commercial forestry, replacing non-native species, and this trial will help progress this. We ensured conditions for all trees were kept equal and will result in a reliable and accurate trial.