Mel Marchbank

We are currently involved in a major strategic deer management planning project in the Highlands. Part of the work involves meeting each of the landowners (and often also their stalkers and agents) to learn about how each estate works, in order that an overview of the whole area can be obtained. It has been really fascinating learning about each area, and realising how diverse the landholdings and the management objectives…

We began a really interesting project this month assessing the potential to restore active blanket bog on three sites in Lanarkshire.  Two are currently afforested and one is an old peat extraction site.  The sites are all very different, and it has been a really useful exercise being able to compare and contrast them in the initial part of the study.  We plan to develop costed peatland restoration management plans…