Glenmore Forest Park

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Glenmore National Nature Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]
Glenmore Forest
Map showing the location of Glenmore National Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Glenmore National Nature Reserve
A map showing the location of the Glenmore Forest Park within Highland.
LocationHighland, Scotland
Coordinates57°10′12″N 3°42′58″W / 57.170°N 3.716°W / 57.170; -3.716
Area21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi)[2]
DesignationNatureScot
Established2007[3]
OwnerForestry and Land Scotland
WebsiteGlenmore Forest Park

Glenmore Forest Park is a remnant of the

Glen Feshie to Abernethy, and which as a whole forms the largest single area of this habitat remaining in Scotland.[7] It is home to much wildlife including Scottish crossbills, crested tits, capercaillie, narrow-headed ants, red squirrels and red deer.[8][9]

The Sportscotland National Centre Glenmore Lodge is situated about 1.5 km east of Loch Morlich, and is surrounded by the park.[10] During the Second World War the area was a training base for Norwegian resistance fighters, who are commemorated by a memorial located near to the visitor centre.[11]

Folklore

A fairy known as the

fairies, who wash their green clothes in the lake.[13]

Flora and fauna

As a Caledonian Forest, the predominant tree species at Glenmore is

one-flowered wintergreen, twinflower, small cranberry and intermediate wintergreen.[14]

Glenmore Forest is important for many bird species, especially Scottish crossbill and capercaillie. In 2006 Glenmore was identified as having the highest productivity of capercaillie for any monitored site in Scotland.

otters, and are an important spawning area for Atlantic salmon.[14]

Conservation

Scots pine
in the park

Extraction of timber from Glenmore dates back to at least the 17th century, with large scale extraction beginning in 1783. Felling continued into the 20th century, and the area was also used to graze sheep, and as a

Sitka spruce. The area was declared a forest park 1948, and became a national nature reserve in 2007. Forestry and Land Scotland now plan to remove all non-native tree species, and replant areas with Scots pine of local provenance and other native trees.[5][3]

In addition to its status as a national nature reserve and a forest park Glenmore is also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI),[9] and forms part of the Cairngorms Special Protection Area (SPA). There are also two Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) that overlap with the NNR: the Cairngorms SAC and the River Spey SAC.[14] The NNR is classified as a Category IV protected area by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Glenmore". Protected Planet. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Glenmore NNR". NatureScot. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Glenmore Forest SSSI Site Management Statement. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Our Forest Parks". Forestry and Land Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b Glenmore Forest SSSI Site Management Statement. p. 5.
  6. ^ "National Forest Estate Forest Parks GB". Scottish Government Spatial Data Infrastructure. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b Glenmore Forest SSSI Site Management Statement. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Wildlife in Glenmore Forest Park". Forestry and Land Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Glenmore Forest SSSI". NatureScot. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Around us". Glenmore Lodge. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Glenmore Visitor Centre". Forestry and Land Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ Bane (2013), p. 252
  13. ISBN 9780114901752
    . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  14. ^ a b c Glenmore Forest SSSI Site Management Statement. p. 2.

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