Woodland of the Black Isle
Contents
- Introduction to the Black Isle
- How to best use this article
- Black Isle Woods promoted by the Woodland Trust
- Exceptional Woods - Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
- Special Woods - Woodlands of Significant Conservation Interest
- One hundred Black Isle Woods waiting to be explored
- Lifetime and age of woods
- My favourite Black Isle woods
- Comprehensive catalogue by region
- Avoch and Killen
- Conon Bridge
- Contin - beyond the Black Isle
- Cromarty
- Dingwall - beyond the Black Isle
- Ferintosh
- Fortrose and Rosemarkie
- Garve
- Killearnan
- Knockbain
- Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon - beyond the Black Isle
- Maryburgh - beyond the Black Isle
- Muir of Ord - within the Black Isle
- Muir of Ord - beyond the Black Isle
- Resolis
- Strathpeffer - beyond the Black Isle
- Acknowledgements
Black Isle Woods promoted by the Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust website contains a compilation of woodland sites across the UK where visitors are welcomed. The information is reached through a UK map where you can zoom into any region. For each wood there is a map reference, the area of the wood, and the wood’s ownership status. The Woodland Trust lists fourteen woods on the Black Isle where visitors are welcomed.Six woods are privately owned
Arabella Croft Woodlands
This is a made path that encircles Arabella Croft Woodlands. A beautiful place.
by Julian Paren
Conan Wood - includes Balvail Wood, Balvaird Wood, Conan Wood and Schoolhouse Belt
Looking west over a cleared area of Balvail Wood.
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Feddanhill Wood
The 35-acre wood is privately owned but visitors are welcomed. The Scottish Wildlife Trust organised the day's visit and the owner spent five hours with us. There are well-drained footpaths everywhere.
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Gallowhill Wood
A usually wet path passes by here, but this autumn it is comparatively dry.
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Hillockhead Farm woodland
The woodland contains some venerable Scots Pine within the birch wood. The wood is recommended for visiting by the Woodland Trust, and the owners are developing the path network and keeping the chief path to the shore clear and safe.
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Rosehaugh Estate woodland
A carpet of snowdrops in a localised area.
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Eight woods are publicly owned
Allanglachwood
The local Munlochy Animal Aid has volunteers that exercise dogs in this wood. We too enjoy walking through this wood with our dog.
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Bogallan Wood
The track currently dead-ends here as progress onwards is blocked by vegetation.
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Culbokie Wood
The variety of vegetation in the depths of this sector of Culbokie Wood
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Drumderfit Hill
A minor footpath, unseen before, took us through this area of Drumderfit Hill.
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Fairy Glen
A short board walk is provided at the edge of the fall, beyond which the path descends alongside the fall.
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Gallowhill Wood
A fine selection of deciduous trees make up this edge of Gallowhill Wood.
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Learnie Wood (4500 hectares including the Millbuie)
The Hill Climb and its Downhill partner are described thus by Forestry and Land Scotland
Two blue gems that take you easily uphill and dizzyingly down again. You can tackle these trails as two separate routes, or together. The Callachy Hill Climb (1 mile /1.6 km) winds uphill through tall larch trees that are emerald green in spring and gorgeous orange in autumn, getting you to the top of the hill without
too much muscle strain. From there you can try the Bike Park or continue on to the Callachy Downhill (3/4 mile / 1.2 km) - a sheer, spiralling, downhill delight!
Two blue gems that take you easily uphill and dizzyingly down again. You can tackle these trails as two separate routes, or together. The Callachy Hill Climb (1 mile /1.6 km) winds uphill through tall larch trees that are emerald green in spring and gorgeous orange in autumn, getting you to the top of the hill without
too much muscle strain. From there you can try the Bike Park or continue on to the Callachy Downhill (3/4 mile / 1.2 km) - a sheer, spiralling, downhill delight!
by Julian Paren
Ord Hill (North Kessock)
The Kessock Bridge may just be seen through the trees. The path is yet to be found on OS mapping. It is a recommended route for walkers to access Ord Hill and is part of the John o' Groats Trail.
by Julian Paren
The Woodland Trust website encourages woodland visiting throughout the year. It says that in Spring you can admire the beauty of bluebells, look out for bursting blossom, and listen to the dawn chorus. In Summer you can stop and smell the flowers. Year-round you can watch wildlife and go foraging - foraging in Autumn for fungi and in Winter for Christmas decorations. And Winter is the time for spotting early signs of Spring.
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