Robocutting in Glenmore Forest Park and Dell Woods to improve habitat for capercaillie

Description

This contract involves robocutting to reduce heather height over approximately 80 hectares across four work areas in Glenmore Forest Park and Dell Woods within the Cairngorms National Park. The robocutting will influence a wider area to improve capercaillie habitat across around 300 hectares. The project is delivered as part of the Capercaillie Emergency Plan and funded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund. Lot 1: The Cairngorms National Park Authority on behalf of Forestry and Land Scotland and NatureScot, the respective land managers of Glenmore Forest Park and Dell Woods in the Abernethy National Nature Reserve, invites suitably qualified and experienced organisations to submit a tender to undertake robocutting across four work areas of approximately 300 hectares in total within Glenmore Forest Park and Dell Woods. Within the priority sites, around 80 hectares of field layer requires cutting.