Local Community and Biodiversity Day, Ben Wyvis NNR, Sunday 23 May

Scottish Natural Heritage along with the Highland Council Easter Ross Ranger, Martin Hind, would like to invite local people and interested walkers to a day out on Ben Wyvis. Peter Duncan, the Reserves Manager and Martin Hind will be providing information about the natural heritage, the local landforms and the human impacts on the reserve and how it is to be managed to help enhance Ben Wyvis’s important features. Some biological recording will also be undertaken to update the NNR species list.

Details:
Starting point will be from the FCS Ben Wyvis Garbat car park (Grid Red NH 412 673) at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday 23rd May. Due to the nature of the terrain participants will require to be fairly physically fit as, if time and weather allows, we will hopefully visit the top of An Cabar which is at 946 m. Suitable outdoor clothing and footwear, binoculars (if possible) and packed lunch will be required. The event should last around five hours and, at about 4 p.m., it is planned to return to the Crannach Field Centre in Garve for tea, coffee, biscuits and sausage rolls and to discuss aspects of the day.


Booking:
Booking essential and please book with the SNH Aviemore office on 01479 810 477 to confirm a place or mailto:east_highland@snh.gov.uk before Wednesday 19th May.
There will be a maximum of 20 participants and a minimum of 10 for the event to proceed.



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