Posted on October 21, 2024
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I think it’s time for a very long over-due blog update…! Since I last wrote on here, we’ve had a global pandemic, several wars, Brexit really kicked in, Notre Dam cathedral burnt down, we’ve had elections galore, and the death of a monarch. It’s… Continue Reading “Electric Fencing: Innovations in Sustainable Croft Management”
Category: Conservation, Crofting, Farming, Food, Land and Wildlife Management, UncategorizedTags: Crofting, Farming, fencing, goats, homesteading, Land use, Native Breeds, Nature, renovation project, Scotland, Sheep
Posted on January 21, 2019
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I haven’t posted on my blog for an embarrassingly long time now – something I will try to rectify in 2019 – however, a recent assignment on my MSc course has given me the perfect opening to get writing again! For context: I am… Continue Reading “Beavering Away on the Farm”
Category: Conservation, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: Agriculture, Aspen, Atlantic Salmon, Beaver, CAP, Castor fiber, Countryside, Debate, Ecosystem Engineer, Environment, Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Game, Habitat management, Highlands, Keystone Species, Livestock, Local, MSc, Nature, Norway, River Management, Rural, SciComm, Scotland, SNH, Stakeholder, Tayside, Vlog, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Woodland, Woods
Posted on July 18, 2018
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Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour – Cairngorms, 28th-29th of June I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour, but I knew it would be an interesting experience whatever happened. As you will know, if you’ve been following this blog,… Continue Reading “Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour”
Category: Conservation, Crofting, Deer, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, UncategorizedTags: Cairngorms, Cattle, CNPA, Collaboration, Community, Croft, Crofting, Deer, Deer Management, Deer stalking, Environment, Farming, Flerd, Forestry, GIS, Glenfeshie, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Hunting, Land, Mob Grazing, Montane Scrub, Mountain Hares, Native Breeds, Native Woodland, Nature, Peatland, Public Access, Reforesting, Rewilding, Riparian, River Management, Roe Deer, Rural, Scotland, Sheep, Soil Regeneration, Tourism, Training, Trees, Uplands, Wild, Wildland, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Woodland, Woodland Pasture
Posted on July 3, 2018
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“This house believes in paying farmers for more than food.” This is the motion that we, the panel, were presented with – to argue for or against – in the Oxford Farming Conference‘s debate at the 2018 Royal Highland Show on the 21st of… Continue Reading “Royal Highland Show: Oxford Farming Conference 2018”
Category: Crofting, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, UncategorizedTags: Africa, Agriculture, CAP, Cattle, Collaboration, Common Agricultural Policy, Community, Cooperation, Economic, Ecosystem Services, Environmental, EU, Farming, Fisheries, Flow Country, Food, Food Production, Forestry, High Nature Value farming, HNV, HNV farming, Hunting, Innovation, Integrated Land Management, Integration, Land management, Landbruk, Local, Norway, Oxford Farming Conference, Peatland, Perverse Incentive, Public Goods, Regenerative Grazing, Resilience, Rewilding, RHS2018, Royal Highland Show, Scottish Land Use Strategy, Sheep, Social, Soil, Soil Degredation, Soil Erosion, Subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Intensification, Uganda, Wild
Posted on May 24, 2018
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The 2018 North Highland College exchange trip to Hedmark University campus at Evenstad, Norway, took place at an interesting time; with discussions around land use, rewilding, and wildlife management coming into public awareness more than they have for a long time… From the start… Continue Reading “A Brief Foray to Norway”
Category: Conservation, Food, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, TravelTags: Antlers, Bear, Beaver, Black Grouse, Campfire, Capercaillie, Common Sense, Community, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cooking, Crofting, Culling, Culture, Ecology, Education, Elk, Environment, Evenstad, Farming, Fisheries, Fishing, Folklore, Forest Management, Forestry, Fox, Game, Grouse, Hedmark, History, Hunting, Jutulhogget Naturreservat, Keystone Species, Land management, Landscape Scale, Lynx, Mitigation, Moose, Nature, North Highland College, Norway, Outdoors, PhD, Pine Marten, Predation, Predators, River Management, Rivers, Road Safety, Roadkill, Scotland, Skogmuseet, Subsistence Hunting, Travel, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Wolf, Wolverine, Woodland, Woodland Grouse, Woods
Posted on April 26, 2018
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This is a copy of a guest blog I wrote for Scottish Land and Estates, following the Lantra Scotland awards. As it is, the last few weeks since Lantra Scotland’s Land Based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year awards ceremony have gone past in… Continue Reading “Lantra Learner of the Year Awards”
Category: Land and Wildlife ManagementTags: Change, Climate, Culture, Education, Gamekeeping, Guest Blog, Highlands, Integrated Land Management, Landscape, Lantra, Lantra Scotland, Nature, North Highland College, Resilience, Rural, Rural Youth Project, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Land and Estates, SRUC, Training, UHI, Wildlife Management, Year of Young People, YOYP2018
Posted on December 31, 2017
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Last one of these for this year, I swear… October By October the stag season was in full swing. It was thoroughly enjoyable, despite the weather, which as decidedly dreich (despite the sunny photo below!). Stalking in Storm Ophelia was kind of exciting… At… Continue Reading “Looking Back on 2017 – October, November, and December”
Category: Deer, Land and Wildlife ManagementTags: 2018, BASC Scotland, British Deer Society, Deer, Deer Calf, Deer Health, Deer Management, Deer stalker, Deer stalking, Fallow Deer, Field to Fork, Hunting, Jagd, Landseer, Monarch of the Glen, Red deer, Reptile, Scottish Deer Centre, Sika Deer, SNH, Stags, Underrated Ungulate, Ungulate
Posted on December 30, 2017
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Quite frankly a bit amazed that you’re still following to this point… July This was a busy month! More roebuck stalking in July, more nest checks and camera trapping. Our areas’ Deer Management Group partnered up with SNH to run a Herbivore Impact Assessment… Continue Reading “Looking Back on 2017 – July, August, and September”
Category: Conservation, Deer, Forestry, Land and Wildlife ManagementTags: 2017, Aspen, Books, David Petersen, Deer, Deer Management, Deer stalking, DMG, Environment, Forestry Commission Scotland, Herbivore Impact Assessment, Herpetology, HIA, Hunting, Merlin, Raptors, Reading, Reptile, Roe Deer, Roebuck, Slow Worm, SNH, Summer, Training, Upskill
Posted on December 29, 2017
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Continuing on from yesterday… April April was a month of highs and lows. I went heather burning for the first time (…an experience all of its own). I dragged my brother out to the hill to survey aspens and badgers; and I attended the… Continue Reading “Looking Back on 2017 – April, May & June”
Category: Conservation, Deer, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife ManagementTags: April, Aspen, British Deer Society, Camera Trapping, Deer, Deer Calf, Deer stalking, Hunting, June, Lambs, Lifestyle, May, Peatland restoration, Roe Deer, Roebuck, Surveying, Wildlife Rangers, Women in Hunting
Posted on December 28, 2017
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In the spirit of originality, I thought I’d do a wee review and look back over the best bits of 2017 in the days leading up to the New Year… It’s been a interesting, varied, and challenging year. It’s cliche to say it, but… Continue Reading “Looking back on 2017 – January, February & March”
Category: Deer, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, TravelTags: 2017, Austria, Deer, Deer Counting, Deer Management, Deer stalking, DMG, Flow Country, Hungary, Hunting, Lifestyle, Red deer, SNH, Travel
Wayfaring and Wandering 