Facts & Figures

We’ve recently been setting up a new experiment to examine the prospects of restoring blanket bog on felled plantation forest. This is a fascinating long-term project that involves trying to restore a functioning acrotelm by raising the level of bog water table so new peat can form – the ultimate aim is to capture new carbon, whilst also minimizing losses of existing carbon. The work involves using an excavator to…

We were working for a client up near Tyndrum recently, on a mountain called Beinn Udlaidh. It has a very unusual and interesting quartzite dyke running up its NW flank. The mountain also contains high grade gold deposits associated with the same rock types as found at the nearby Cononish gold mine – an attempt to re-open this mine was made recently by Scotgold. The mountain is also famous for…

It’s the time of year for the rut, and we can hear from being out on the hills recently that the Red deer stags are now beginning to ‘get the fever’ as some old deer stalkers say. This is a great time of year to see our largest land mammal in its prime, but be careful if decide to creep in for a closer look with the wind at your…