Research Highlights | Glensaugh Farm

"Tackling the climate and biodiversity crises with transformative farming and technological innovations"

“…Woodland creation and integration with livestock systems, soil conservation, ecology, hydrology and water management, peatland restoration, natural capital / carbon accounting, renewable energy and associated innovations, land management, land use planning, farmer behaviours, rural development…”.

MOORCO - moorland colonisation by birch and pine

This long-term experiment was set up in 2005 to examine above- and below-ground processes operating during succession from moorland to woodland.

Natural Flood Management: ‘leaky barriers’ and riparian tree planting

In March 2023, wooden leaky barriers were constructed over the Cairn burn and floodplain and new riparian woodland was planted, with instrumentation set up to measure impacts on water flows and chemistry.

Peatland restoration hydrology and carbon monitoring

This project aims to better quantify the impacts of upland peatland / blanket bog restoration on carbon and water dynamics.

View of pine provenance plots at Glensaugh

Pine provenance and climate change

This long-term experiment is tracking how pine trees grown from seed from Caledionan pinewoods across Scotland respond to climate change, pests and diseases.

Soil carbon digital monitoring

Capturing carbon in soil is a frequent feature of climate change mitigation measures, but the variability in soils and greenhouse gas emissions gives challenges for measurement and evaluation - can digital technology address this?

Sward diversification, biodiversity and forage quality

This experiment is investigating whether increasing the number of plant species in grazed grasslands can help other biodiversity and increase the quality of the forage.

VisitGlensaugh

VisitGlensaugh is a scoping study accumulating understandings of what the farm has to offer consumers, tourists and other visitors by building on the Glensaugh story, past, present and future.