Saving Scotland's oldest pines

[@p_aulwhite]

Those red deer need to be kept on the move to stop them eating all the saplings. Wolves will do that.

[@E3ECO]

It worked for Yellowstone. When they reintroduced wolves, the elk and bison broke up into smaller herds and kept out of the lowland meadows. It helped the habitat regenerate.

[@Permitmon]

Beautiful photography. Well done.

[@Davlavi]

Amazing.

[@asmallsectionoflife]

Fantastic video, inspiring

[@sleekitwan]

I was born in Scotland, and have read up a bit on the history. Like the rest of Britain it has suffered denuding of the landscape. Landowners want empty heather moors for paying customers etc to shoot on I think. The land is actually, plundered and never replenished. All that lovely purple heather, ought to be covered in trees. And deciduous trees at that. This pine is all very well. They are not half so useful for oxygenation/carbon capture, and nutrients landing on the earth in autumn/fall time. None of this is complicated. Take care all.

[@George-gg1ny]

Scots pines are the main and backbone of the boreal forest in Scotland. Where I agree to an extent, along the rivers , lakes and burns this is known as the riparian area. Deciduous 🌳 backbone Birch mostly with aspen, rowan, bird cherry, hazel and down on the wet areas Alder and willow. These seem to be left out by regeneration conservations and it's not right. The birch from here lightly seed into the main pine forest, just look at Scandinavia countries aka Sweden/ Norway.

[@danielpaul1875]

You’ve inspired since I was a kid you’re the reason I’m doing a masters in marine biology. Thank you

[@hodor3024]

Inspiring project 👍🏼

[@bobjohnson6007]

I have walked through this Glen a few times…it could so good

[@maxgoldscotland9389]

great commitment to have , your all legends in my eyes , love for the land

[@willpotter8343]

Venison back on the menu

[@zafiri_]

Immense work

[@aishalila1321]

Did you considerbringing back the wolves into the ecosystem if or when the deer fencing does not work well?

[@RyanW-h5i]

Wolves are a hard sell but I believe they’ve looked at bringing in a large cat like a lynx.

[@danielward7008]

I'm sure they'd love to but there's still a deep rooted prejudice against wolves amongst the wider population.

[@myliminalelement7835]

I am glad to have found you (Leave curious😊) keep up the work❤

[@Swifty.lover.13]

No chance in hell you’ll get wolves back. Lynx maybe, but the deer are destroying the ecosystem more than any human in Scotland right now. Venison is lovely & should be promoted a whole lot more.

[@jameswest6085]

agreed, would be a fine trade

[@drunkgopnik6705]

❤

[@marioarteaga3488]

Put wolves back in

[@dm70]

Introduce something to eat the deer.

[@E3ECO]

What you need are some predators like wolves, but I suppose the sheep farmers would have a problem with that. Perhaps you could expand deer hunting to keep their numbers down.

[@Swifty.lover.13]

Mon t’trees✊

[@daniadejonghe4980]

Deer predetors? Either that or eat more venison....

[@12theotherandrew]

Bring back wolves, and just fence in the sheep pastures. The wolves will restore the ecosystem. Of course the wolves too will need to be controlled eventually - probably by well organised limited culling. Despite the many myths and an stories, wolves prefer to keep away from humans, but like foxes, they’ll take what’s accessible.

[@snufkin84]

Whilst I appreciate the sensitivities of having to claim the landowners are “cooperating”, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that these people have a track-record of not acting in the wider interests of either the local communities or the land itself. Democratic land ownership is the solution to this, and Scotland’s ecological crisis.

[@hodor3024]

No offense, but it sounds like some commie gobbledygook. It's perfectly feasible to oblige land owners to do or not do something with their land, and enforce those obligations with fines and whatnot, without collectivization.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

This comment is absolutely spot on

[@snufkin84]

@@OR10777BE your comment is misjudged on several levels. Mainly, though, you are equating state control of industry with community ownership. The two are categorically not the same. In addition, the ecological and social crisis of the highlands is centuries old, the root of which sits the owners of large estates, who have run (and continue to run) the land for profit first. The value of people and nature always come second. That model has to change.

[@Holo-qu6ln]

No, you’re wrong. Property rights are important. Conservationists should buy the land that they wish to protect. That way nature isn’t at the mercy of whimsical politicians.

[@snufkin84]

@@Holo-qu6ln please re-read my comments. Where did I mention politicians? You seem to be clouded by your own ideology.

[@invivoik]

Do pines in Scotland somehow differ from pines in central europe? I mean it should be the same species, Pinus sylvestris. Maybe there is different subspecies or ecotype, but in general they shouldnt be much different. But here for example in Slovakia pines grow quite quickly. They quickly colonize unforested areas and grow a forest there. We have even a bit problem to keep meadows. What is quite a different problem from British islands where is the problem quite opposite. Do you know why? Is it something with humidity, less of sunny days or just overgrazing is responsible? Because in Slovakia there is history of forestry that kettle cant graze in forests. The farm animals were always watched by sheperds not allow them to go into forests. They could be only in certain areas. Later after velvet revolution grazing kettle in open nature was lowered down by disinterest of people in it. Now there is a new trend to spread the grazing farm animals in the open nature and also it was allowed for some forests to make them pasture forests but it still looks like that pines can grow very easily.

[@hotbit7327]

It seems there are some small genetic differences. 80% of land is owned by very few people, and they are not interested in rewilding or reforestation, but shooting game. Also, forestry management in the UK is one of the worst in the world.