North East Region autumn visit Pitfichie Forest and Monymusk Estate

摘要

The group met at Monymusk village square and were introduced to Sir Archibald Grant, owner of Monymusk Estate, and Euan Reid, district forester with Forest Enterprise. The morning was spent at Pitfichie particularly looking at mountain biking in the forest, with Euan Reid explaining the issues together with input from Sir Archie. The afternoon was spent on Monymusk Estate where Sir Archie showed us Paradise Wood SSSI and discussed the management issues, followed by a visit to a restock site to see aBracke planter in action.