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Before the Bracken pulling began in earnest at RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
RSPB staff and volunteers pulling Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) at RSPB Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, in order to open up the ground to encourage regeneration of the native deciduous woodland. This is preferable to using weedkiller in an area of importance for nature conservation. Bracken will regrow, and will be pulled again the following year. By the third pulling, as much reduction of the Bracken will have occurred as if weedkiller had been used, and the environment will not have been polluted. This picture shows the "before" scenario, with Bracken covering much of the area, stifling the growth of tree seedlings.
