Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s popular ‘Stay the Night’ is returning to around 36 car parks across Scotland for the 2023 season. From 1 April until 31 October 2022, self-contained motorhomes and campervans (with all facilities including toilet inside the vehicle) will be permitted to park overnight, for one night only, in some of our car parks.. This year, FLS will also b...
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is advising visitors that its Tentsmuir Beach car park will be closed for repairs from Monday 27 March until Friday 31 March. FLS will be carrying out the work on the main visitor access road between the pay barrier and the car park. The works will not affect the residents at Kinshaldy. FLS Area Visitor Services Manager, Robin Lofthouse, said; “With the weath...
Monday, 27 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland says that the stresses of dealing with tree diseases is bring out the very best of all its foresters. Tree diseases can have a devastating effect on a forest, infecting and often killing hundreds or thousands of susceptible species. There is no known cure or treatment for these diseases and the only available means of slowing the disease’ progress to new, unaffected ...
Thursday, 16 March 2023
A ‘virtual fence’ GPS collar used on cattle, is being singled out as an exemplar of how rural industries can benefit by embracing digital technologies in Scotland. The collars, first used in 2022 by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) on cattle grazing a trial site in Dumfries & Galloway, has been so successful that FLS are using the collars for a second season this spring. The forestry bod...
Thursday, 09 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is advising members of the public to avoid an area of woodland around Bullwood quarry in Corlarach Forest, near Dunoon, as it carries out felling work to deal with tree disease, Phytophthora ramorum. There is no known cure or treatment for the disease, which affects a number of shrub and tree species but which usually kills Larch trees. The only method of dealing with o...
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland has teamed up with NatureScot to next week (Monday 13 March) stage a seminar on how to get involved in peatland restoration work. The online seminar is part of a series promoting nature-based skills and the opportunities that they open up. Aimed at people interested in getting into the sector or looking for a career change, this talk will provide examples of vocational ...
Thursday, 02 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland’s Cobleland camping ground will be under new management from 1 March. Holiday park company, Allseasons Retreats, successfully bid to run the campsite that lies between Aberfoyle and Gartmore on the eastern edge of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. The management team - Oliver Paul and David Broadhead – have extensive experience of planning, developing ...
Thursday, 02 March 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is stepping up its activity to help save Scotland’s Rainforest thanks to £1.3 million of Scottish Government funding for recovery and restoration work. As well as reinforcing FLS’s rhododendron removal work and deer management, the funding will also secure dedicated Rainforest staff who will liaise with other partners in the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforests to...
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Communities across Scotland are being encouraged to talk to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) if they’re interested in exploring how a micro hydro scheme could benefit them. Already 85 hydro schemes are hosted on land managed by FLS. Seven of these are community-owned from Loch Broom and Mull to Raasay and Loch Lomond. The others are a mix of private owners/operators and renewables de...
Friday, 17 February 2023
In the wake of Storm Otto, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is urging visitors to exercise extreme caution if they are visiting woodlands in Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire and Angus. The call comes as FLS staff move quickly to assess the levels of storm damage to the forests it manages across these areas. FLS Regional Manager, David Leven, said; “Otto has not been as bad as Storm Arwen but ...
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is inviting people living in and around Jedburgh to give their views on the management of Swinnie Forest. Swinnie, which lies 5 miles to the south west of Jedburgh, is 170ha of productive forest and the Land Management Plan (LMP) sets out how FLS intends to manage the forest over the next ten years (2023-32). The focus is on providing a dynamic and resilient habitat fo...
Thursday, 09 February 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland is appealing for help in piecing together a puzzle that its South Region team uncovered in a woodland near Jedburgh. A survey being carried out as part of a land management review at Swinnie plantation, revealed an earthwork structure of about 5 acres (2ha) shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece. Three puzzle pieces have been found within the local area all within 5km of ea...