This project offered an opportunity to secure and enhance the biodiversity resource within surrounding ancient woodland fragments and PAWS, by increasing connectivity and creating new habitats for ancient woodland specialists to colonise over time.

Future Woodland Scotland visited the site in 2022 to assess the new woodland creation scheme and noted the evidence of advance regeneration and remnant woodland specialist ground flora. A previous exclosure below the proposed scheme has regenerated successfully so we provided a seedling survey and financial support for this 49 hectares of ghost woodland restoration.