This is Corrour, a 52,000 acre estate near Fort William. Corrour have a very ambitious long term vision to restore a full range of natural habitats, including native trees, across this area. They are starting by reducing deer numbers. To the left here is a conifer plantation which will be felled over a period of time, and restored to a mixture of native trees and open bog habitats. It is then envisaged that this area will start to regenerate outwards on to the open hill here. Scottish Native Woods are currently helping put together a habitat management plan for the wider area, extending to Ben Nevis, below, covering almost 250,000 acres, looking primarily at herbivore impacts, with the aim of bringing two major designated sites back in to favourable condition. Corrour are right in the centre of this area and crucial to the overall success of this project.
No doubt, more from this again.........
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