Woodland of the Black Isle

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Regional focus


To celebrate the woodland diversity of the Black Isle I have selected images to represent the predominant flavour of each of the one hundred areas of woodland on the Black Isle. These are not close-up views of undergrowth - the mushrooms, fungi, heathers, mosses or wild flowers and grasses, nor macro studies of tree bark, leaves and fruit. They are general views - the backcloth enjoyed when studying the ecology that gives the impetus for seeing how woods differ from one another at every scale. There is no timeline in the images. The chosen image for each wood has been selected to show the wood at its best.

The woodlands are listed alphabetically for each Community Council area of the Black Isle. The Milbuie Forest straddles a number of these and is listed with an appropriate image in the different areas.

The Community Council areas are

Avoch and Killen
Conon Bridge
Cromarty
Ferintosh
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
Killearnan
Knockbain
Muir of Ord - (part of) only the area to the east of the A862 road is traditionally included within the Black Isle
Resolis

I hope the compilation will give residents and visitors alike the incentive to leave their comfort zones and explore somewhere new. Many worry where a car may be parked. At the moment there is usually some suitable place nearby, but, if indeed the smaller woods become more popular, it will be doubly important to be considerate and to be careful not to block passing places or hinder the day-to-day life of farmers, foresters and landowners. Many of the woods are privately owned. The Ordnance Survey delineates nationally owned woodland from private woodland, so please be even more respectful of the wishes of private owners who are not so used to their woods being admired or entered. The woodlands owned by Forest and Land Scotland are indicated by a purple border on the OS Explorer Map of The Black Isle 432.

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