Woodland of the Black Isle

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Comprehensive catalogue by region

To celebrate the woodland diversity of the Black Isle I have selected images to represent the predominant flavour of each of the areas of woodland on the Black Isle. These are not close-up views of undergrowth - the mushrooms, fungi, heathers, mosses or wild flowers and grasses, nor macro studies of tree bark, leaves and fruit. They are general views - the backcloth enjoyed when studying the ecology that gives the impetus for seeing how woods differ from one another at every scale. There is no timeline in the images. The chosen image for each wood has been selected to show the wood at its best.

The woodlands are listed alphabetically for each Community Council area. These include the Community Council areas of The Black Isle as well as adjacent areas further west where woods and countryside are enjoyed by residents of the Black Isle. A number of woods, the Milbuie Forest in particular, straddle a number of these, and are listed in more than one section with an appropriate local image. By this measure, there are 116 areas of woodland on the Black Isle alone, while others listed here in the surrounding countryside add to this number.

The Community Council areas for this study are

Avoch and Killen
Conon Bridge
Contin - beyond the Black Isle
Cromarty
Dingwall - beyond the Black Isle
Ferintosh
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
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

I hope the compilation will give residents and visitors alike the incentive to leave their comfort zones and explore somewhere new. Many worry where a car may be parked. At the moment there is usually some suitable place nearby, but, if indeed the smaller woods become more popular, it will be doubly important to be considerate and to be careful not to block passing places or hinder the day-to-day life of farmers, foresters and landowners. Many of the woods are privately owned. The Ordnance Survey delineates nationally owned woodland from private woodland, so please be even more respectful of the wishes of private owners who are not so used to their woods being admired or entered. The woodlands owned by Forest and Land Scotland are indicated by a purple border on the OS Explorer Map of The Black Isle 432.

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