DOCSLIB.ORG

Montane Scrub

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Montane Scrub Montane Scrub Natural Heritage Management MONTANE SCRUB ACTION GROUP SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE Scottish Natural Heritage 2000 ISBN 1 85397 103 0 A CIP record is held at the British Library L2K1100 Acknowledgements Authors: Michael Scott for the Montane Scrub Action Group This booklet is an output from the Montane Scrub Restoration Project part of the Millennium Forest for Scotland managed by Highland Birchwoods, and has been endorsed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Photography: D. Bell/Ecos 22, M.Biancarelli/Woodfall Wild Images 15 bottom right, L.Campbell front cover bottom right, 13, 15 bottom left, A. Hester front cover left, 2 bottom, 20, 31right, D.Gilbert 19 centre, L.Gill frontspiece, 2 top, 4 top, 4 centre, 4 bottom, 7 top, 7 bottom, 8 top, 8 bottom left, 8 bottom right, 9 top, 9 bottom, 10 top, 10 bottom, 11 top left, 11 top centre, 16 top, 16 bottom, 19 top, 23 bottom, 27, 31 left, D.K. Mardon front cover top right, 12, 14, 15 top right, 17, 21 top, 21 bottom, 23 top, 24, 25 top, 25 bottom, 29 left, 29 right, 30, R.Parks 11 top right, K.Ringland 15 top left, R.Soutar 19 bottom, M.Scott 3, 6, 26 top, 26 bottom, 28. Illustration: C.Hewitt Further copies of this booklet and other publications can be obtained from: The Publications Section, Scottish Natural Heritage, Cover images: Battleby, Redgorton, Craig Fhiaclach (left), net-leaved willow (top right), black grouse (bottom right). Perth PH1 3EW Tel: 01783 444177 Fax: 01783 827411 Back page image: Cliff flora with net-leaved willow, Ben Lawers. MONTANE SCRUB Preasarnach na beinne Foreword Over the last 15 years we have reversed the threat to our native forests The Forestry Commission’s role is to maximise the environmental and and woodlands and the process of restoration and expansion is well social benefits of forests as well as ensuring that they continue to underway. However, at the upper margins of our forests, one woodland produce a flow of timber to support the rural economy. We have been type, depleted more than most, has yet to be tackled. Remnants of at the forefront of the restoration of Scotland’s native woodlands both montane scrub have hung on as trees or clumps of trees in exposed in our own forests managed by the Forest Enterprise and on land and remote locations, often protected from grazing animals by terrain. owned privately, supported through our Woodland Grant Scheme. They are all that’s left of a once widespread zone between the forest and the open moorland. We enthusiastically support the current interest in treeline woodlands; they are an important element of the Forest Habitat Network approach These remnants are invariably cut off from the forests they once fringed which is a priority action in the Scottish Forestry Strategy. The restoration and no longer function within an extensive ecosystem. The contorted process will not always be easy, nor indeed achievable everywhere. shapes and diminutive habit that we associate with montane scrub is However, where it can be done the rewards will be very visible and no accident. The trees survive in the most hostile conditions above tangible. As the trees move up the hills they will not only enhance this the slopes where foresters have traditionally planted and regenerated landscape and our natural forest biodiversity but will establish the trees. So the restoration will be a slow but rewarding process as a missing element in our vision of a continuum of woodland cover from diffuse boundary evolves between forest and mountain. the river valleys to the biological limit of tree growth. Sir Peter Hutchison Chairman Forestry Commission Contents Introduction 2 Shelter on the hill 21 What is montane scrub 3 Game benefits 23 The loss of the ‘wee trees’ 7 Enjoying the hills 24 Plants of the scrub 10 Ecological values 25 Wildlife in the scrub 13 Action for scrub 27 Restoring the landscape 17 Bringing back the ‘wee trees’ 30 The woods and the trees 19 Further reading 31 1 Introduction "The gnarly little trees were twisted as if cultivated by That, however, overlooks the special qualities of montane scrub as a deranged bonsai gardeners...Thus the name krummholz, natural fringe to the forest. This booklet is a celebration of this forgotten German for 'crooked wood' or perhaps 'elfin wood' - the zone montane scrub habitat. It illustrates its value as a home or corridor where trees first managed to take advantage of the soil- for plants and wildlife; as shelter for domestic stock and forestry; as building work of fellfields and alpine meadows. Treelimit." a valuable resource in its own right; and as an attractive part of Scotland's natural heritage. (’Green Mars’, Kim Stanley Robinson) These gnarled, twisted trees - and the rich diversity of other plants and animals associated with them - are not just a product of the tundra or the Alps. They once occurred on Scottish mountains as a natural zone between woodlands and hilltop heaths. But this montane scrub has almost disappeared from Scotland. In conservation terms, it is one of our most significant 'Cinderella' habitats. In recent years, people have come to realise how much the natural vegetation of the Scottish uplands has been impoverished by human activities. In response, an encouraging start has been made to restoring some of the woodland that once covered the straths and glens and spread up the hillsides beyond. Whether for environmental ends or for commercial forestry, most of this work has been driven by the desire to grow tall, straight trees. It has usually stopped at the altitude above which foresters believe trees will not grow. 2 What is montane scrub ? Trees can grow in the most unpromising situations. Their roots spread This view from Sweden gives an impression of how some parts of the out to find nourishment and water, and act as an efficient anchor and Scottish hills might look if the first tentative steps to restore Scotland's prop, supporting the tree against the battering of gales. But no trees montane scrub can be successfully expanded to a larger scale. can grow near the tops of Scotland's highest mountains. As trees approach their altitudinal limits, their growth is severely It is simply too windy and exposed, and the growing season is too retarded by long periods of low temperature. Pruning by icy winds short for trees to establish. A range of 'dwarf shrubs' are the only woody makes their branches grow outwards, rather than upwards. The result plants that can survive at these altitudes. They include ling heather is low-growing, crooked trees. Their twisted timber is of little value to (Calluna vulgaris), crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), bilberry or blaeberry traditional forest industries, so foresters avoid planting trees here. (Vaccinium myrtillus), bog bilberry (V. uliginosum) and other, more localised species. Even at lower altitudes, the forest does not consist solely of tall forest trees like sessile oak (Quercus petraea), downy birch (Betula pubescens) What happens between the woodland zone on the lower slopes and and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Mixed with them are lower-growing, the dwarf shrubs high on the hill? It is wrong to imagine that there is more shrubby species, such as rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), juniper a precise altitude at which tree growth is no longer possible and the (Juniperus communis) and willows (Salix species). As the high forest forest simply ends. Trees can creep higher where a gully offers shelter trees begin to decline towards their altitudinal limit, these smaller than they can on a wind-exposed hillside, so the upper margin of the species become more prevalent and eventually replace them completely forest is naturally 'feathered'. Straight upper edges of forests arise only at altitudes above which the forest trees can no longer survive. Some where fences to exclude grazing animals are constructed insensitively. shrubby species are high altitude specialists (see page 4), although several of these are now rare in Scotland. 3 There is, therefore, a zonation up the hillside (see figure 1), although the gradation from one zone to the next is gradual, with indistinct boundaries. The forest zone is the extensive area at low altitude in which trees grow tall and upright, and generally produce good timber. MONTANE HEATH MONTANE At a particular altitude (which will vary with climate and exposure), trees can no longer maintain this upright growth form. That marks the timberline. Some trees may survive for a hundred metres or more above this altitude, but they grow progressively shorter and more twisted. Continental botanists call this zone ‘krummholz’, which means literally 'twisted wood'. Then an altitude is reached at which the climate becomes so severe that even krummholz can no longer survive. This is the treeline. MONTANE SCRUB MONTANE Specialist montane scrub species Dwarf juniper (Juniperus communis nana) Dwarf birch (Betula nana) * Montane willows:- Mountain willow (Salix arbuscula) * Dwarf willow (S. herbacea) Woolly willow (S. lanata) ** Downy willow (S. lapponum) * Dark-leaved willow (S. myrsinifolia) Whortle-leaved willow (S. myrsinites)* Tea-leaved willow (S. phylicifolia) FOREST Net-leaved willow (S. reticulata) * **rare ("Red Data Book") species * scarce species Figure 1: An idealised zonation up a mountain as the trees of the forest zone are replaced by low-growing scrub including stunted, twisted plants of Scots pine and then by dwarf shrubs on the high tops. A slightly different terminology is used on the continent (right hand column). Legend: Tree species (mainly Scots pine and birch) BRITISH TERMINOLOGY TERMINOLOGY CONTINENTAL Montane scrub species (mainly juniper and willows); In Scotland these can occur throughout the range, becoming patchily dominant above the natural treeline.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Scrubbers' Bulletin
    MONTANE333333333 Scrubbers’ SCRUB ACTION GROUP Bulletin 10 Cover photo: Vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua (L.) eggs, on dark-leaved willow, Salix myrsinifolia Salisb., Ben Lawers NNR, alt. 580m. photo D.K. Mardon Scrubbers’ Bulletin No. 10 Page 2 of 24 Scrubbers’ Bulletin No. 10. The Bulletin of the Montane Scrub Action Group, a partnership of individuals supported by their organisations. The current members of the group are: Diana Gilbert, (Chair) Andrew Warwick, the National Trust for John Holland, Scottish Rural College Scotland Phil Baarda, Scottish Natural Heritage Mick Drury, Trees for Life Rob Soutar, Forest Enterprise Scotland Philip Ashmole, Borders Forest Trust Richard Thompson, FE Scotland Deborah Long, Plantlife Billy Bodles, Highland Birchwoods David Mardon Andrew Campbell, Woodland Trust Welcome to issue number 10 of the Scrubber’s Bulletin, compiled by David Mardon, Fagus, Manse Road, Killin, FK21 8UY, [email protected] Earlier issues of the Bulletin may be read at www.mountainwoodlands.org We are most grateful to the authors for their contributions to this issue, as follows: Contents Gilbert, D. Scrubber’s Bulletin 10th (Anniversary) issue: Group Report …………………. 4 Green, S. Phytophthora austrocedrae: an emerging threat to juniper. ………………….. 5 Black, D. & Gilbert, D. Plantlife Scotland’s Flora Guardian provides valuable monitoring on Dwarf birch (Betula nana) at Ben Wyvis to SNH ……………. 8 Robinson, P. Cree Valley Community Woodlands Trust – Involvement in mountain woodlands and woodland fringe ………………………………………………. 11 Bodles, W. Mountain Woodland Project ……………………………………………………. 15 Borrell, J. Project Update: Ecological and Genomic research to optimize the conservation of Dwarf Birch in Scotland …………………………………………………….. 17 Marriott, R. Monitoring planted montane willows at Coire Sharroch, Coire Fee NNR, 2013 …………………………………………………………..
    [Show full text]
  • Journal 45 Autumn 2008
    JOHN MUIR TRUST October 2008 No 45 Biodiversity: helping nature heal itself Saving energy: saving wild land Scotland’s missing lynx ADVERT 2 John Muir Trust Journal 45, October 2008 JOHN MUIR TRUST October 2008 No 45 Contents Nigel’s notes Foreword from the Chief Executive of the John Muir Trust, 3 The return of the natives: Nigel Hawkins Members air their views devotees – all those people who on re-introductions care passionately about wild land and believe in what the Trust is 5 Stained glass trying to do. commemorates John Muir During those 25 years there has been a constant process Bringing back trees to of change as people become 6 involved at different stages of our the Scottish Borders development and then move on, having made their mark in all 8 Biodiversity: sorts of different ways. Helping nature heal itself The John Muir Trust has We are going through another constantly seen change as period of change at the John Muir 11 Scotland’s missing lynx it develops and grows as Trust as two of us who have been the country’s leading wild very involved in the Trust and in land organisation. taking it forward, step down. In 12 Leave No Trace: the process, opportunities are created for new people to become Cleaning up the wilds Change is brought about by involved and to bring in their own what is happening in society, energy, freshness, experience, Inspiration Point the economy and in the political 13 skills and passion for our cause. world, with the Trust responding We can be very confident – based to all of these.
    [Show full text]
  • Amanita Nivalis
    Lost and Found Fungi Datasheet Amanita nivalis WHAT TO LOOK FOR? A white to greyish to pale grey/yellow-brown mushroom, cap 4 to 8 cm diameter, growing in association with the creeping Salix herbacea (“dwarf willow” or “least willow”), on mountain peaks and plateaus at altitudes of ~700+ m. Distinctive field characters include the presence of a volva (sac) at the base; a cylindrical stalk lacking a ring (although sometimes an ephemeral ring can be present); white to cream gills; striations on the cap margin to 1/3 of the radius; and sometimes remnants of a white veil still attached on the top of the cap. WHEN TO LOOK? Amanita nivalis, images © D.A. Evans In GB from August to late September, very rarely in July or October. WHERE TO LOOK? Mountain summits, and upland and montane heaths, where Salix herbacea is present (see here for the NBN distribution map of S. herbacea). A moderate number of sites are known, mostly in Scotland, but also seven sites in England in the Lake District, and four sites in Snowdonia, Wales. Many Scottish sites have not been revisited in recent years, and nearby suitable habitats may not have been investigated. Further suitable habitats could be present in mountain regions throughout Scotland; the Lake District, Pennines and Yorkshire Dales in England; and Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons in Wales. Amanita nivalis, with Salix herbacea visible in the foreground. Image © E.M. Holden Salix herbacea – known distribution Amanita nivalis – known distribution Map Map dataMap data © National Biodiversity Network 2015 Network Biodiversity National © © 2015 GeoBasis - DE/BKG DE/BKG ( © 2009 ), ), Google Pre-1965 1965-2015 Pre-1965 1965-2014 During LAFF project Amanita nivalis Associations General description Almost always found with Salix herbacea.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Report for Winter Season 2011/2012
    SPORTSCOTLAND AVALANCHE INFORMATION SERVICE REPORT FOR WINTER 2011/12 Avalanche Feith Bhuidhe - Northern Cairngorms. photo I Peter Mark Diggins - Co-ordinator October 2012 Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, Inverness-shire PH22 1PU • telephone:+441479 861264 • www.sais.gov.uk Table of Contents The General Snowpack Situation - Winter 2011/12! 1 SAIS Operation! 2 Personnel! 2 The SAIS team,! 2 Avalanche Hazard Information Reports! 3 Avalanche Occurrences! 4 Recorded Avalanche Occurrences for the Winter of 2011/12! 4 Reaching the Public! 5 New Mobile Phone Site! 5 Report Boards in Public Places! 5 Avalanche Reports by Text! 5 The Website! 6 Chart 2 illustrating Website Activity! 6 Numbers viewing the daily SAIS Avalanche Forecast Reports.! 6 SAIS Blog Activity! 6 Working with Agencies and Groups! 7 Snow and Avalanche Foundation Of Scotland! 7 Research and Development! 7 The University of Edinburgh! 7 Snow and Ice Mechanics! 7 Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications (SNAPS)! 8 Scottish Mountain Snow Research! 8 Seminars! 9 European Avalanche Warning Service International Snow Science Workshop! 9 Mountaineering Organisations! 9 Other Agencies and Groups! 10 SEPA and the MET OFFICE! 10 MET OFFICE and SAIS developments! 10 SAIS/Snowsport Scotland Freeride initiative! 11 Support and Sponsorship! 11 ! 2 The General Snowpack Situation - Winter 2011/12 Braeriach and Ben Macdui from Glas Maol in Feb The SAIS winter season started early in December 2011 with a weekend report service being provided in the Northern Cairngorms and Lochaber areas. The first winter storms arrived late October at summit levels, with natural avalanche activity reported on Ben Wyvis, then more significant snowfall later in November.
    [Show full text]
  • The Story of Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve
    Scotland’s National Nature Reserves For more information about Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve please contact: Scottish Natural Heritage, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Aberarder, Kinlochlaggan, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1BX Telephone/Fax: 01528 544 265 Email: [email protected] The Story of Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve The Story of Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve Foreword Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve (NNR), named after the great whalebacked ridge which dominates the Reserve, is one of the most diverse and important upland sites in Scotland. Creag Meagaidh is a complex massif, with numerous mountain tops and an extensive high summit plateau edged by a dramatic series of ice-carved corries and gullies. The Reserve extends from the highest of the mountain tops to the shores of Loch Laggan. The plateau is carpeted in moss-heath and is an important breeding ground for dotterel. The corries support unusual artic- alpine plants and the lower slopes have scattered patches of ancient woodland dominated by birch. Located 45 kilometres (km) northeast of Fort William and covering nearly 4,000 hectares (ha), the Reserve is owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Creag Meagaidh has been a NNR since 1986 and during the last twenty years SNH has worked to restore natural habitats, particularly woodland, on the Reserve. Like much of the Highlands, the vegetation has been heavily grazed for centuries, so it was decided to reduce the number of grazing animals by removing sheep and culling red deer. The aim was not to eliminate grazing animals altogether, but to keep numbers at a level that allowed the habitats, especially the woodland, to recover.
    [Show full text]
  • Scottish Highlands Hillwalking
    SHHG-3 back cover-Q8__- 15/12/16 9:08 AM Page 1 TRAILBLAZER Scottish Highlands Hillwalking 60 DAY-WALKS – INCLUDES 90 DETAILED TRAIL MAPS – INCLUDES 90 DETAILED 60 DAY-WALKS 3 ScottishScottish HighlandsHighlands EDN ‘...the Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping...’ HillwalkingHillwalking THE SUNDAY TIMES Scotland’s Highlands and Islands contain some of the GUIDEGUIDE finest mountain scenery in Europe and by far the best way to experience it is on foot 60 day-walks – includes 90 detailed trail maps o John PLANNING – PLACES TO STAY – PLACES TO EAT 60 day-walks – for all abilities. Graded Stornoway Durness O’Groats for difficulty, terrain and strenuousness. Selected from every corner of the region Kinlochewe JIMJIM MANTHORPEMANTHORPE and ranging from well-known peaks such Portree Inverness Grimsay as Ben Nevis and Cairn Gorm to lesser- Aberdeen Fort known hills such as Suilven and Clisham. William Braemar PitlochryPitlochry o 2-day and 3-day treks – some of the Glencoe Bridge Dundee walks have been linked to form multi-day 0 40km of Orchy 0 25 miles treks such as the Great Traverse. GlasgowGla sgow EDINBURGH o 90 walking maps with unique map- Ayr ping features – walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay, places to 60 day-walks eat, points of interest. These are not gen- for all abilities. eral-purpose maps but fully edited maps Graded for difficulty, drawn by walkers for walkers. terrain and o Detailed public transport information strenuousness o 62 gateway towns and villages 90 walking maps Much more than just a walking guide, this book includes guides to 62 gateway towns 62 guides and villages: what to see, where to eat, to gateway towns where to stay; pubs, hotels, B&Bs, camp- sites, bunkhouses, bothies, hostels.
    [Show full text]
  • Scottish Nature Omnibus Survey August 2019
    Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Nature Omnibus Survey August 2019 The general public’s perceptions of Scotland’s National Nature Reserves Published: December 2019 People and Places Scottish Natural Heritage Great Glen House Leachkin Road Inverness IV3 8NW For further information please contact [email protected] 1. Introduction The Scottish Nature Omnibus (SNO) is a survey of the adult population in Scotland which now runs on a biennial basis. It was first commissioned by SNH in 2009 to measure the extent to which the general public is engaged with SNH and its work. Seventeen separate waves of research have been undertaken since 2009, each one based on interviews with a representative sample of around 1,000 adults living in Scotland; interviews with a booster sample of around 100 adults from ethnic minority groups are also undertaken in each survey wave to enable us to report separately on this audience. The SNO includes a number of questions about the public’s awareness of and visits to National Nature Reserves (see Appendix). This paper summarises the most recent findings from these questions (August 2019), presenting them alongside the findings from previous waves of research. Please note that between 2009 and 2015 the SNO was undertaken using a face to face interview methodology. In 2017, the survey switched to an on-line interview methodology, with respondents sourced from members of the public who had agreed to be part of a survey panel. While the respondent profile and most question wording remained the same, it should be borne in mind when comparing the 2017 and 2019 findings with data from previous years that there may be differences in behaviour between people responding to a face to face survey and those taking part in an online survey that can impact on results.
    [Show full text]
  • 2012/13 Year SAIS Report
    SPORTSCOTLAND AVALANCHE INFORMATION SERVICE REPORT FOR WINTER 2012/13 Dynamic unstable wind slab development - Cairngorms Mark Diggins - Co-ordinator October 2013 Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, Inverness-shire PH22 1PU • telephone:+441479 861264 • www.sais.gov.uk Table of Contents The General Snowpack Situation - Winter 2012/13 ...................3 SAIS Operation............................................................................ 5 The SAIS team ! 5 Avalanche Hazard Information Reports! 6 Recorded Avalanche Occurrences winter 2012/13! 7 Reaching the Public...................................................................... 8 SAIS Avalanche Reports! 8 SAIS Blogs ! 8 Working with Agencies and Groups! 9 Snow and Avalanche Foundation Of Scotland ! 9 Research and Development! 9 The University of Edinburgh! 9 The University of Zurich! 9 Seminars ! 10 European Avalanche Warning Services & International Snow Science Workshop! 10 Mountaineering Organisations ! 10 Met Office! 11 SAIS Developments ! 11 Torridon - a pilot avalanche forecasting service for 2013/14! 11 SAIS/Snowsport Scotland Freeride initiative! 12 Support and Sponsorship! 12 2 The General Snowpack Situation - Winter 2012/13 The Grey Corries from Loch Laggan The first snowfalls of the winter arrived in early November with cold winter storms and snowfall presenting localised areas of unstable snow in many of the SAIS forecasting regions. During this period a self triggered avalanche in Glencoe carried a party of two down the gully they were ascending, they escaped without injury. December was a particularly stormy month with regularly occurring, very strong winds, blizzard conditions and cold temperatures; cold temperatures in particular present conditions which maintain buried weaknesses for long periods of time. Consequently a number of triggered avalanches were reported during this period, Northern Cairngorms, Ben Nevis, Glencoe and Ben More Assynt provided one incident each, with all parties unharmed.
    [Show full text]
  • Polmont Hillwalking Club Newsletter – July 2020
    Polmont Hillwalking Club Newsletter – July 2020 Alan Buchan heading for the Tors of Ben Avon Recent Walks Sunday 12/07/20 – Bo’ness to Linlithgow This was the first post lockdown walk for the club. Twenty members and friends set off from Bo’ness on a 10 mile circuit over to Linlithgow and back. Good weather allowed excellent views across the Forth. A nice route along quiet paths and country roads. Thanks to Mary McFarlane for organising. Some other members have been busy doing their own thing since the restrictions were lifted. Here’s some of the places they’ve been to – Dave White - Beinn Eighe, Torridon Gordon Walker – Carn a’ Mhaiim, Cairngorms, Creag Pitridh, Geal Charn and Beinn a’ Chlachair, Laggan area. Deirdre and Rebecca - Ben Avon and Beinn a’ Bhuird Ali, Gordon Russell and Andy - Carn na Caim and A’ Bhuidheanach, Drummochter. Colin, Linda and Alan - Ben Avon and Beinn a’ Bhuird, Cairngorms, Aonach Beag and Aonach Mor, Glen Nevis. Apologies if we’ve missed anyone or some other hills summitted. Well done to everyone for all these new munros. Steall Falls, Glen Nevis Future Walks With restrictions relaxed the club can now go back to the walk schedule. Sunday 19/07/20 – Sgorr nam Fiannaidh, Glencoe. This is a high level walk with a single munro which can be climbed from Caolasnacon near Kinlochleven or from the minor road behind Glencoe Village. Sunday 26/07/20 – White Mounth Munros, Glen Muick, Ballater. This is a high level walk with a large circuit of five munros covering 18 miles and 9-11 hours walking.
    [Show full text]
  • Is Asking Us to Assume Too Much, and in My Opinion the Name Ryei Must Stand for the Present
    is asking us to assume too much, and in my opinion the name ryei must stand for the present. It is to be regretted that Dr. Joy in his ' Practical Handbook of British Beetles ' (p. 136) has for no apparent reason reverted to the name rubidus Rey for this species. If any reliance at all is to be placed on the description in the well-known Continental books, rubidus must be an entirely different-looking insect from ryei. Strathmore, Totnes. July zqth, 1932. COLLECTIXG NOTES FROM MID-PERTHSHIRE. BY K. G. BLAIR, F.E.S. The latter half of June was spent, in company with Messrs. R. B. Benson, W. H. T. Tams and my wife, at Killin, at the western end of Loch Tay. The varied type of country, from high mountain (Ben Lawers, 4,oooft.) to richly-wooded valley, with rapid rivers and lake foreshore, looked most promising. Woods of birch, oak or alder are most general, but unfortunately the bit of old pine forest near the Lochay Bridge has now been felled. Unlike the Rev. C. E. Tottenham's experience of September last (antea, p. 45), the weather was remarkably hot and dry, so much so indeed that not only were many of the smaller burns completely dried up, but even the rivers Lochay and Dochart had but little water running and exposed large areas of rocky bed. On the hills one could walk anywhere over the bogs, and the peat holes were for the most part dried up. Notwithstanding, or perhaps because of, these abnormally dry conditions collecting, at least as regards the Coleoptera, was perhaps hardly up to expectation.
    [Show full text]
  • Designated and Protected Landscapes
    29. Rhiddoroch - Beinn Dearg - Ben Wyvis Fannichs, 29. Rhiddoroch - Beinn Dearg Beinn Dearg - Ben Wyvis Ben Wyvis and Glencalvie 28. Fisherfield 27. Flowerdale - Letterewe - Shieldaig - Fannichs - Torridon ¬«1 Wester Ross Sutors of Cromarty, Key ¬«2 Rosemarkie and 3 ¬« Fort George ¬«4 Site Boundary ¬«11 !( Proposed Development 180m Tip 26. Coulin Height Turbine & Ledgowan Forest 45km Study Area ¬«10 25km Detailed Study Area ¬«8 ¬«5 5km Offset ¬«9 Strathconon, ¬«6 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV): Monar and Glen Mullardoch Strathfarrar Number of Turbine Tips Theoretically Drynachan, Visible ¬«7 Lochindorb and Kyle - Dava Moors 1 - 5 Turbine Tips Plockton 24. Central 6 - 10 Turbine Tips Highlands 11 - 15 Turbine Tips 16 - 18 Turbine Tips The ZTV has been run on a bare ground model, Loch Ness and based on Terrain 5 Digital Terrain. Duntelchaig !( !( Designated and Protected Landscapes !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( 10km 20km 30km 40km 50km Kintail Glen Affric !( !( Cairngorms National Park (CNP) National Scenic Area (NSA) Highlands Special Landscape Area (SLA) Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL) 20. Wild Land Area (WLA) Monadhliath GDLs within 45 km Knoydart 1. Castle Leod 2. The Spa Gardens, Strathpeffer 3. Brahan 4. Fairburn The Cairngorm Mountains 5. Beaufort Castle 6. Dochfour Moidart, Morar 7. Aldourie Castle and Glen Shiel 8. Tomnahurich Cemetery 9. Leys Castle Ben Alder, Laggan 10. Culloden House 19. Braeroy - 18. Kinlochhourn - and Glen Banchor 11. Rosehaugh Loch Lochy Glenshirra - Knoydart - Morar (part in CNPA) 12. Achnacarry and Loch Oich Creag Meagaidh ¬«12 Scale 1:350,000 @ A3 Ben Alder, Km 0 5 10 15 ± Laggan and Ben Alder, Glen Banchor 15. Laggan and Cairngorms Glen Banchor Figure 8.2.2 Designated and Protected Landscapes with ZTV 14.
    [Show full text]
  • Alpine Plants of Ben Lawers, Scotland
    Alpine Plants of Ben Lawers, Scotland Naturetrek Tour Report 3 - 6 August 2012 Saxifraga nivalis Epilobium alsinifolium 2012 Naturetrek Group admiring Carex Microglochin Carex microglochin Report and images compiled by Paul Harmes Naturetrek Cheriton Mill Cheriton Alresford Hampshire SO24 0NG England T: +44 (0)1962 733051 F: +44 (0)1962 736426 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Tour Report Alpine Plants of Ben Lawers, Scotland Tour Leaders: Paul Harmes Naturetrek Leader & Botanist Participants: Jenny Bell Linda Eggins Pat Joyce Jim Joyce Geoff Joyce Day 1 Friday 3rd August Weather: Bright with high cloud The group assembled at the Killin Hotel during the course of the afternoon. Pat and Jim, and Linda had made their own way, and Jenny and Geoff met with Paul at Perth railway station at 17-00hrs. Boarding the minibus, we made our way west through Methven, Crieff, Comrie, St. Fillans and along the northern shore of Loch Earn, to Lochearnhead. Along the way we saw Common Buzzard and Barn Swallow. At Lochearnhead we turned north, and drove five miles up Glen Ogle, before turning east to Killin. It was not too long before the imposing peak of Ben Lawers (1214m) was glimpsed through the trees. As we entered the village of Killin, we passed over the picturesque Falls of Dochart, before arriving at the hotel at 18-30hrs. After checking into our rooms, we met in the lounge before going to dinner. After the meal Paul outlined the proposed itinerary (and potential weather-defined alternatives), before we retired for the night. Day 2 Saturday 4th August Weather: A sunny morning becoming cloudy with light rain in the afternoon After breakfast, we boarded the minibus for the short drive to the Ben Lawers car park, overlooking Loch Tay, where we set off up the path towards the three Munro (Scottish Mountains over 3,000ft) peaks of Beinn Ghlas (1103m or 3619ft), Ben Lawers (1214m or 3983ft) and Meall Garbh (1118m or 3667ft).
    [Show full text]