Journal

At Birch Grove Croft the grassland and woodlands provide a number biodiverse habitats for a variety of wildlife.

We are lucky to have been able to create a small area of birch woodland on our croft. In 2016 we excluded sheep from our land. The following year we noticed birch saplings growing naturally in large numbers.

Early in 2017 we were looking to diversify the croft and make practical use of a sloping site with restricted height availability, in addition to prov

The following is reproduced with kind permission from the original article by Eleanor at Norscot.co.uk