Posted on June 12, 2017
by Megan
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Last Friday I attended a peatland restoration demonstration day at Lairg; hosted by Forestry Commission Scotland, and organised by Flows to the Future. Firstly, a big thanks to you both, it was a very interesting and informative day, providing a lot of food for… Continue Reading “Peatland Restoration”
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Category: Conservation, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: Blanket Bog, Bunding, Dalchork, Deer, Deer Management, Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, FCS, Flow Country, Flows to the Future, Forestry, Forestry Commission Scotland, Grazing Management, Harvesting, Hydrology, Integrated Land Management, Lairg, Land management, Moorland, Mulching, Natural, Nature, Peat, Peat Dam, Peatland, Peatland restoration, Policy, RSPB Scotland, SNH, Timber, Trench Bund
Posted on May 14, 2015
by Megan
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I wrote this piece on High Nature Value farming in August 2013. It was originally written to go in The Northern Times but never went to print. I did it for the RSPB hence the emphasis on them. You can find further information on the High Nature Value Farming website.… Continue Reading “High Nature Value Farming in Durness”
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Category: Conservation, Crofting, FarmingTags: Aberdeen Angus, Balnakeil, Bird watching, Cheviots, Community, Conservation, Corncrakes, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Discussion, Diversification, Durness, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Farmland waders, Great-yellow bumblebee, Habitat, Habitat management, Heritage, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Highlands, HNV, HNV farming, Holyrood, Land use, Less Favoured Areas, LFASS, Lifestyle, RSPB, RSPB Scotland, Rural, Rural Priorities, Scottish Government, Sheep, SRDP, Sutherland
Posted on May 9, 2015
by Megan
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Day 2: The next day saw a fresh set of workshops and talks. We kicked off with a talk by Ronnie Eunson, a crofter from Shetland specialising in breeding Shetland Cattle. This was a very engaging talk following Ronnie’s journey from keeping Texel’s and… Continue Reading “Young Crofters 20:20 Gathering 2015 (Pt.2)”
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Category: CroftingTags: Assynt, Community, Conservation, Corncrakes, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Debate, Discussion, Diversification, Durness, Farming, Glencanisp Lodge, Great-yellow bumblebee, Heritage, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Highlands, HNV farming, Kylesku, Land use, Machair, Pigs, RSPB, RSPB Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Crofting Federation, Shetland, Shetland cattle, Stewardship, Tamworth, Uist
Wayfaring and Wandering 