Auchnerran Blog

It has taken a tremendous effort to achieve, not helped at all by the covid-19 restrictions which slowed things down considerably of late, but the finished buildings are fantastic.

Dr David Parish talks us through what's been happening at the Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran, on the publication of its first annual report.

Our new visitor centre will enable the GWCT to host larger groups of visitors to our Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran.

Researchers and practitioners involved in the LIFE-funded LaserFence project from Scotland, England, Spain and The Netherlands will converge on the small Aberdeenshire village of Tarland for the start of the seventh partner meeting.

It’s that time of year again when Auchnerran starts to come alive with the sounds of various species of wading birds, all proclaiming their territorial rights and starting to breed. 

Ahead of World Curlew Day, Dave Parish asks what can be done to help the species?

Along with the rest of the country, Auchnerran has had a fair dusting of snow. We took the opportunity to take photos of some of the beautiful winter wildlife on display.

The LIFE funded LaserFence project is testing a novel laser system for potential use as a deterrent for pest species of mammals, and we are now ready to test it on rats.