East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership: Conservation and Collaboration

 
Jos Milner
Partners
Cairngorms National Park Authority
Balmoral Estates
Glenavon Estate
Glenlivet – Crown Estate Scotland
Invercauld Estate
Mar Estate
Mar Lodge – National Trust Scotland
Covers 138,000 ha (c. 30% CNP)
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership
Objective
Landscape-scale collaboration to
deliver public benefits alongside
private interests
Woodland & scrub expansion
Peatland restoration
Landscape enhancement
Conservation of raptors & other
priority species
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership
Current projects
Wader productivity monitoring
Mountain hare monitoring
Raptor audit
Mapping muirburn areas
Identifying woodland creation
opportunities
Peatland restoration
Public interpretation
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership
 
Wader monitoring
 
Wader productivity
monitoring
 
Wader nests monitored
with temperature loggers
 
Incubation
 
Predation
 
Wader productivity monitoring
 
Some nests also monitored
with wildlife cameras
Wader productivity monitoring
Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons
Wader productivity monitoring
Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons
 
Wader monitoring
 
No effect of distance to trees or % woodland cover on
hatching success
 
Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons
No. nests
Distance to nearest tree (m)
 
 
Hare monitoring 
- GWCT training
Mountain Hare
 
 
 
Mountain Hare
 
2018 Encounter rates
Average = 16 hares / km
 
Raptors
 
Woodland expansion
 
Muirburn
 
Woodland expansion
 
Muirburn
 
DRAFT
ECMP muirburn map
 
 
 
Woodland expansion
Current woodland cover approx. 10 % of ECMP
Expansion across ECMP over last 10 yr: 1,500 ha
Regeneration & planting over next 10 yr: 2,500 – 3,000 ha
 
Mar Lodge
1400 ha regen. @ 200 stems / ha over next 5 y
+ 600 ha @ lower stem density
 
Invercauld
Mapped 260 ha regen. @ 1100 stems / ha
+ 530 ha fenced regen. zone
+ 180 ha proposed new planting
 
Invercauld
Scrub expansion at woodland / moorland edge
Balmoral
Regeneration at multiple site within fenced exclosures
Glen Muick 80 ha + Ballochbuie 99 ha
+ 46 ha proposed juniper scrub exclosure, Delnadamph
Peatland restoration
700 ha of degraded peatland in ECMP worked
on by end of 2018
Equivalent to saving 8,667 t of CO
2 
per year
Further 225 ha awarded funding for 2019 but
limited by contractor capacity
Peatland restoration
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The East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership engages in landscape-scale collaboration to deliver public benefits alongside private interests. Their objectives include woodland and scrub expansion, peatland restoration, landscape enhancement, and conservation of raptors and other priority species. Current projects involve wader productivity monitoring, mountain hare monitoring, raptor audits, mapping muirburn areas, identifying woodland creation opportunities, peatland restoration, and public interpretation efforts. The partnership's efforts have shown positive results in terms of nesting success for various species of waders.


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  1. EAST CAIRNGORMS MOORLAND PARTNERSHIP Jos Milner

  2. East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Partners Cairngorms National Park Authority Balmoral Estates Glenavon Estate Glenlivet Crown Estate Scotland Invercauld Estate Mar Estate Mar Lodge National Trust Scotland Covers 138,000 ha (c. 30% CNP)

  3. East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Objective Landscape-scale collaboration to deliver public benefits alongside private interests Woodland & scrub expansion Peatland restoration Landscape enhancement Conservation of raptors & other priority species

  4. East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Current projects Wader productivity monitoring Mountain hare monitoring Raptor audit Mapping muirburn areas Identifying woodland creation opportunities Peatland restoration Public interpretation

  5. Wader productivity monitoring Wader monitoring

  6. Wader productivity monitoring Wader nests monitored with temperature loggers Incubation Hatching Incubation Predation

  7. Some nests also monitored with wildlife cameras

  8. Wader productivity monitoring Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons Outcome Nests Hatched 115 Failed 54 Unknown 13 Total 183 Outcome Species Total Hatching success Curlew 17 75 % Lapwing 102 54 % Oystercatcher 59 65 %

  9. Wader productivity monitoring Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons Cause of Failure Total no. nests Abandoned / weather 8 13 (55%) Agricultural operations 4 Sheep (trampled) 1 Sheep (predated) 1 Badger 1 Stoat 3 11 (45%) Pine marten 3 Jackdaw 1 Common gull 2

  10. Wader monitoring Results from 2018 & 2019 seasons No. nests Distance to nearest tree (m) No effect of distance to trees or % woodland cover on hatching success

  11. Mountain Hare Hare monitoring - GWCT training

  12. Mountain Hare 2018 Encounter rates Average = 16 hares / km

  13. 2016-18 ECMP No. occupied sites Merlin 22 Raptors Golden eagle 12 Peregrine 14 Hen harrier 3 TOTAL 51

  14. Muirburn Woodland expansion

  15. DRAFT ECMP muirburn map Muirburn Woodland expansion

  16. Woodland expansion Current woodland cover approx. 10 % of ECMP Expansion across ECMP over last 10 yr: 1,500 ha Regeneration & planting over next 10 yr: 2,500 3,000 ha

  17. Mar Lodge 1400 ha regen. @ 200 stems / ha over next 5 y + 600 ha @ lower stem density

  18. Invercauld Mapped 260 ha regen. @ 1100 stems / ha + 530 ha fenced regen. zone + 180 ha proposed new planting

  19. Invercauld Scrub expansion at woodland / moorland edge

  20. Balmoral Regeneration at multiple site within fenced exclosures Glen Muick 80 ha + Ballochbuie 99 ha + 46 ha proposed juniper scrub exclosure, Delnadamph

  21. Peatland restoration 700 ha of degraded peatland in ECMP worked on by end of 2018 Equivalent to saving 8,667 t of CO2 per year Further 225 ha awarded funding for 2019 but limited by contractor capacity Peatland restoration

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