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Always love to visit Glenmore Forest Park and see the progress of the Scot’s pine as it marches up the hillsides with the reduced level of red deer grazing that has been present for several decades now.  Pine scrub now developing nicely on the lower slopes of the Northern Corries of Cairngorm, as well as extensively on the flank of Meall a’ Bhuachaille above Glenmore Lodge – great to see…

  Stunning weekend spent on Eilean Moileach on Loch Ba at Rannoch Moor.  A remnant semi-natural birch woodland covers the island, which we reached by Canadian canoe. Stags were roaring all day and night, and the Rowans were heavy in fruit.  Found some little Aspen, which was great.  Plenty of deer dung in amongst the ground vegetation, with beasts obviously swimming from the mainland to get at the better grazing…

  Had a visit this month from a founding member of Strath Caulaidh.  Dr. Graeme Swanson emigrated to New Zealand almost 15 years ago and this was only the second time he has been back in Scotland since.  We toured around a few old haunts, and spent some time wandering in the hills.   Interesting to get his take on things, now he is not dealing day-to-day with deer management…