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Carrifran Gans, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16577 362 Carrifran Wildwood Carrifran Gans, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Like much of Scotland, Carrifran used to be wooded. From the Neolithic onwards, farmers cleared woodland for buildings and grazing, and hunted predators which had kept grazing under control. Until the Millennium, Carrifran was, like other valleys in the Southern Uplands, denuded of trees by grazing and felling. Deer, sheep and goats would have eaten the young trees trying to regenerate. Now a project, led by Borders Forest Trust, with a 100-year vision to restore wild woodland, is in progress, with exclusion of grazers and planting of over half a million different native trees of many species to provide a rich habitat for wildlife. 17 September 2020
European Aspen, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16630 362 Carrifran Wildwood European Aspen (Populus tremula), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Aspen leaves are rounded and flutter in the wind. 17 September 2020
Goat Willow or Pussy Willow, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16629 362 Carrifran Wildwood Goat Willow or Pussy Willow (Salix caprea), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
Goat Willow or Pussy Willow, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16628 362 Carrifran Wildwood Goat Willow or Pussy Willow (Salix caprea), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
Juniper, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16627 362 Carrifran Wildwood Juniper (Juniperus communis), a native species normally in the form of a bush with long trailing branches, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
European Aspen, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16626 362 Carrifran Wildwood European Aspen (Populus tremula), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Aspen leaves are rounded and flutter in the wind. 17 September 2020
Red Admiral butterfly on bracken, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16625 362 Carrifran Wildwood Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly, showing the underwing, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
Red Admiral butterfly on bracken, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16624 362 Carrifran Wildwood Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
Red Admiral butterfly on bracken, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16623 362 Carrifran Wildwood Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly on Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020
Green-veined White butterfly on Common (or Black) Knapweed, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 16622 362 Carrifran Wildwood Green-veined White (Pieris napi) butterfly on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat 17 September 2020

Carrifran Gans, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat

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Carrifran Wildwood

Carrifran Gans, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat.
Like much of Scotland, Carrifran used to be wooded. From the Neolithic onwards, farmers cleared woodland for buildings and grazing, and hunted predators which had kept grazing under control. Until the Millennium, Carrifran was, like other valleys in the Southern Uplands, denuded of trees by grazing and felling. Deer, sheep and goats would have eaten the young trees trying to regenerate.
Now a project, led by Borders Forest Trust, with a 100-year vision to restore wild woodland, is in progress, with exclusion of grazers and planting of over half a million different native trees of many species to provide a rich habitat for wildlife.

17 September 2020