Natural regeneration at work

This is a really interesting area of natural regeneration on Deeside, with a mixture of birch and Scots Pine coming up within a Scots Pine plantation which has been progressively thinned out over 15 years or so. Although it was a plantation, the regen is all (or nearly all) of native species and the wood now has tree-mendous amenity and biodiversity value, as well as being successfully restocked. The remaining mature trees are also putting on girth very quickly now. The area is a good example of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) at work.