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NWDG Newsletter 2010B NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2010 VOLUME 35 (2) COMMITTEE CONTACT DETAILS Please direct your queries to the most relevant person: CHAIR Phil Gordon, Woodland Trust Scotland, South Inch Business Centre, Shore Road, Perth, PH2 8BW. Email: [email protected] TREASURER Peter Quelch, 6 Glengilp, Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA30 8HT. Tel: 01546 602067. Email: [email protected]. MINUTES SECRETARY Ruth Anderson, Dundavie, Glen Fincastle, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5RN. Tel/Fax: 01796 474327. Email: [email protected] MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Steve Brown, Drumfearn, Longhill, by Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 4XA. Tel: 01466 792314. Email: [email protected] NEWSLETTER & WEBSITE EDITOR Alison Averis, 6 Stonelaws Cottages, East Linton, East Lothian, EH40 3DX. Tel: 01620 870280. Email: [email protected] FIELD MEETING ORGANISER Ruth Anderson, Dundavie, Glen Fincastle, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5RN. Tel/Fax: 01796 474327. E-mail: [email protected] WOODLAND HISTORY REPRESENTATIVE Coralie Mills. Tel. 0131 669 9385. Email [email protected]. WOODLAND HISTORY CONFERENCE Mairi Stewart. Tel. 01786 821374. Email: [email protected]. MEMBER Richard Thompson, 1 Swedish Cottages, Traquair, Innerleithen, Peebbles-shire, EH44 6PL. Tel: 07768 157 503. Email: [email protected] MEMBER Jonathan Wordsworth, Archaeology Scotland, Suite 1a, Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh, EH21 7PB. Tel: 0845 872 3333. Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.nwdg.org.uk Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the articles and reports in this Newsletter are those of their authors, not necessarily those of the NWDG or of any organisation for whom the author does or did work. Copyright is held jointly by the authors and the NWDG. CONTENTS Editorial 2 NWDG News 3 Report on the 2010 Field Excursion 8 Reports on the workshops so far in 2010 35 News from other woodland organisations 37 Book reviews and new publications 40 Forthcoming events and training courses 41 List of contributors 44 Photographs are by the authors of the articles in which they appear unless credited otherwise. Drawings are by Ben Averis. 1 EDITORIAL Welcome to the Autumn 2010 Issue of the NWDG Newsletter. You have received this issue slightly earlier than in previous years. We have decided to shift the publication dates slightly, to February-March for the spring issue and August September for the autumn issue. This gives us more opportunity to advertise the main NWDG events: the spring Excursion and the autumn History Conference. As is customary, this issue includes the reports of the annual excursion, which this year was held in the Trossachs National Park in April. We had an excellent turnout and a most enjoyable time. The area around Loch Katrine is the scene for woodland restoration on a grand scale, and it was good to hear of the proposals and speak to those taking part in the work. This year I’ve also been involved with two other projects for large-scale restoration of native woodland – at Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms and at Dundreggan in Glen Moriston. It is very good to see woodland restoration being planned and carried out as part of the management of an entire landscape, rather than just as wee exclosures here and there. The benefits are going to be much greater, and much more obvious. Next year’s Excursion will be held in late April or early May and will be based around Carbisdale/Bonar Bridge in Sutherland. We are already putting together a programme, and we hope to include a visit to Alladale. Dates and details will appear on the website www.nwdg.or.uk, so do keep checking and get the date in your diary. With best wishes to all members NEW PUBLICATIONS If you have written, or co-written, a book or booklet which would interest our members, we can enclose your fliers with our mailings. This service is free to individual members. There is a charge of £20, to cover postage and packing, for organisations and non-members. We can also get books reviewed - just send a copy to the editor. Conversely, if you would like to review a particular book, please let the editor know. We are usually able to obtain a free review copy from the publisher and, if you review it, the book is yours to keep. 2 NATIVE WOODLANDS DISCUSSION GROUP NEWS NOTES FROM THE CHAIR Phil Gordon There is lots going on within NWDG at the moment. The benefits of the 2007 merger with the Scottish Woodland History Discussion Group are very much in evidence. A date for your diaries is the Woodland History Conference on 27th October 2010, to be held in Birnam, by Dunkeld, Perthshire. The provisional programme looks enticing and the general theme is to do with woods as cultural and working landscapes. On a similar sort of historical theme, we ran two successful training workshops this spring on tree coring with the very welcome support of Forest Research. I can recommend you to our website at www.nwdg.org.uk for up-to-date information on these and other happenings. Save it to your favourites while you are at it. I hope you enjoy this newsletter and perhaps it will make you want to take an active part in NWDG. We always welcome new faces and enthusiasm, so if you would like be more involved, do get in touch with me or any of the committee. TREASURER'S REPORT Peter Quelch Please see the AGM Minutes on page 10 for the latest Treasury News. The accounts are still with the auditor but should be ready to present in the Spring 2011 issue. MEMBERSHIP We welcome Steve Brown to the post of Membership Secretary. Any subscription forms, cheques and enquiries about membership should now go to him. His address is inside the front cover. WEB-SITE Alison Averis Website use has been moderate but regular over the last few months, but there has been an increase in traffic now that the Coring Group (see below) is using it. The website is always kept up to date, so please use it to find out about forthcoming events. Information appears there well before it appears in the newsletter. If you wish to publicise any woodland event, management technique, training course, workshop, request for information or volunteers, or anything else that might be of interest to our members, please let me have the details and it will be posted on the website that very day. I am just about to set up a new page on the site: the NWDG Skills Exchange. At the last Excursion I was struck by how many of our members have special woodland skills and how good it would be if we could hold a list of those members together with their skills and contact details. It would give people with small businesses a bit 3 of free advertising, and would also be a resource for those looking for someone who can do, or teach, or talk about, particular woodland-related services such as ecological surveying; small-scale planting; timber extraction or management; identifying fungi for eating; art and design; event management and so on. If you have such a skill and would like to be included on this web-page, please send me a note of what it is you do and a website or email address where further details can be had. Please note, though, that this is a service for individual members, not multinational corporations or large agencies. NWDG WOODLAND HISTORY CONFERENCE 2010: UPDATE Coralie Mills A date for your diary! The 2010 woodland history conference will be held on Wednesday 27th October, at the Birnam Institute near Dunkeld. The theme for the day is woods as working and cultural landscapes, past and present. The keynote speaker is Angus Winchester, and other confirmed speakers include Lord Doune on Darnaway from an owner’s perspective, Chris Dingwall on Stobhall designed landscape, Archie McConnell on wooded landscapes of the south west, 4 and Helen Shaw on East Affric and its pollen evidence. Other speakers are to be confirmed shortly, and updates will appear on the website. A full programme and booking form will also be made available on the website once the programme is finalised. Anyone wishing to be on the conference mailing list, please contact Mairi Stewart on [email protected]. LOWER PLANTS WORKSHOPS FOR 2010 More dates for your diary. Our regular lichen and bryophyte workshops are once again planned for this autumn. The Lichen Workshop will run from Friday 8 – Sunday 10 October and will be based at Connel, North Argyll. The tutors will be Andy Acton and Anna Griffith. The Bryophyte Workshop will run from Friday 22 – Sunday 24 October and will be based at Glencoe, Lochaber. The tutor will be Ben Averis. Both workshops are suitable for beginners and those wishing to expand their knowledge of these groups of plants, though participants can expect to see some rare and exciting species as well as the more widespread ones. The cost will be £60 for each workshop, not including accommodation and food. If you wish to reserve a place, please contact the relevant tutor: Andy Acton ([email protected] or tel. 01866 822 627 or 07796 810 084) for the lichen workshop. Ben Averis ([email protected] or tel. 01620 870 280 or 07767 058 322) for the bryophyte workshop. Please book soon as places are limited. NWDG NEW MEMBERS’ PRIZE Coralie Mills As an initiative to welcome and encourage participation by our newer members, the NWDG is pleased to announce the NWDG New Members’ Prize. NWDG will offer one prize each year, for the best contribution to the newsletter by a new member.
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