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Located between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, and easily accessed by both the Darn Walk and the Glen Road, is the ancient ‘wildwood’ of Kippenrait Glen. The wooded glen is home to a wide range of native trees including ash, birch, oak, elm, hazel, alder and cherry. The continuity of woodland cover, and uncultivated woodland


soils, means


that the site is incredibly rich in biodiversity. Fungi, mosses, flowers, trees, shrubs, beetles red squirrels, roe deer and birds can all be found in the glen. Because the woodland is so special and has such varied biodiversity, it has been designated as a UK Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as well as a site of European importance, known as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).


SNH will be working in collaboration with the local landowners of Kippenrait Glen to manage the woods.


Our vision is for a woodland in which biodiversity can flourish and which is highly valued by the local community. In order to attain that, we plan to: •


control and manage invasive non-native species (INNS), including rhododendron, giant hogweed, japanese knotweed, skunk cabbage, snowberry.


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retain fallen and standing deadwood (good for beetles and insects)


maintain water quality and damp undisturbed biodiversity)


woodland (good maintain access for users of the glen


provide interpretation, to users, as appropriate provide volunteering opportunities.


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Improving the woods at Kippenrait Glen •


carry out a woodland outdoor learning project with local school children


It is likely to take 3 or 4 years to remove the various INNS and encourage native woodland to re-colonise these areas.


We will use appropriately qualified contractors to undertake much of the work, but some woodland management will also be undertaken by volunteers.


The woodland management works are likely to be taking place in limited parts of the woods. Where work is being undertaken which could be dangerous to people walking or cycling in the area (e.g. felling shrubs such as rhododendron and snowberry or small conifers) these areas will be temporarily taped off and signs put up to explain what is happening.


There are opportunities for local people to get involved with woodland volunteer tasks. We expect some of the woodland management tasks, such as clearing snowberry bushes and small rhododendron stands, to be undertaken by volunteers, starting during the autumn/ winter of 2013/14.


The volunteers will be supervised by qualified, experienced staff from The Conservation Volunteers (TCV). Anyone interested in taking part should contact Ali Lawson at TCV on 01786 479 697.


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