The Native Woods Co-operative (Scotland) Ltd

We are experienced woodland advisors with over 80 years of experience between us, and we combine this with a refreshing and pragmatic approach to helping woodland occupiers to work out what they should do with their woodlands and associated open ground. We all have wider skills than just woodland management and can advise on a wide range of farm, deer, river conservation and wildlife management projects. We are happy to hear from other who might be interested in joining us.

Tuesday 4 January 2011

Deer fences or no

The issue of woodland regeneration with or without fences has suddenly become very topical. This is a complex issue which we are really only now beginning to understand and to articulate properly. There are many areas in Scotland where we are indeed getting good regeneration without the need for deer fences, such as above, near Tyndrum in Highland Perthshire. Below are some other examples.

Expect this issue to run for a bit now over the following few months. It is probably the early snow bringing deer down in to shelter sooner than normal that has caused this issue to come on the Agenda just now.