Project Name

East Schiehallion

Country

Scotland

Current land designations

SSSI, Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon NSA, GCR site

Specific location

Highlands

Year rewilding started

1999

Grid reference

NN713547

Location

Latitude: 56 39 59 N Longitude: 04 06 06 W

Altitude

Minimum:

Maximum:3547 ft

Project Management

Ownership: John Muir Trust

Management: John Muir Trust

Area under rewilding (hectares)

915ha

Project funding

Heritage lottery fund (62%), voluntary organisation funding

Rewilding methods

Removal of grazing pressures-currently through controlled herding of sheep, although possibility of  deer culling is under consideration; Removal of all non-indigenous plant regenerating or planted (with the exception of conifer plantations)

Habitats present

Limestone habitats; Species-rich grassland; Alpine pioneer formations; Blanket bog; North Atlantic  wet heaths; Dry heaths; Alpine and Boreal grassland; Eutrophic scree; Chasmophytic vegetation; Transition Mires; Alkaline fens

Target species

Breeding birds (e.g.Hen Harrier; Black grouse; Sky lark); species of lichen and moth

Species reintroductions

None

Access to the area

Open public access

Links to further information

John Muir Trust information: www.jmt.org/cons/sch/manage.html#project