Our partners & funders
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is a partnership, bringing together organisations and stakeholders to work closely together and ensure successful delivery of the project.
Our funders
Funding for the 2017 – 2023 project was provided by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (£1.59M) and NatureScot (£0.5M) with in-kind funding from project partners and volunteer time (£1.25M). The total project value was £3.34M.
Funding for the 2023 – 2026 project is provided by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund (£2.08M), managed by NatureScot, with in-kind funding from project partners and volunteer time (£0.8M). The total project value is £2.9M.
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The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is supported by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.
The Scottish Government’s £65M Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, supports projects that help Scotland’s species, woodlands, rivers and seas, as well as improving the health and wellbeing of local communities. These projects take practical steps to help against the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and restore Scotland’s natural environment.
The Fund, a commitment in the current Programme for Government and part of overall investment in the natural economy, is a key part of the Bute House Agreement and was announced on Nature Day at COP26 in Glasgow.
The Nature Restoration Fund has awarded over £55 million since its launch in 2021, including to more than 240 projects through the competitive fund run by NatureScot (updated April 2025).
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund distribute the heritage share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide variety of projects across the UK. The fund in Scotland is managed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland.
Using money raised by National Lottery players, the Heritage Lottery Fund distributes grants from £10,000 to £10million to support projects across the UK that connect people and communities to their heritage. It also distributes heritage funding on behalf of the UK and devolved governments.
Heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations. Understanding, valuing and sharing our heritage brings people together, inspires pride in place and supports local economies.
Since being established in 1994, the Fund has awarded £9.2billion of National Lottery and other funding to more than 52,000 projects across the UK. In Scotland, more than £1billion has been distributed to more than 5000 projects in the same period.
The Heritage Lottery Fund vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build connection to the past.
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NatureScot promotes, cares for and improves Scotland’s natural heritage. It enables a greater awareness of nature and helps people to enjoy nature responsibly. Looking to the future, we promote the sustainable use of natural assets now.
Scotland’s nature is among our greatest assets. Nature gives us food and drinking water, energy and timber. It contributes to a clean and healthy environment. And it improves our well-being and quality of life.
Yet the overuse of natural resources since the 1950s – especially for certain types of farming, forestry and fisheries – has resulted in less space for nature and its associated benefits.
NatureScot is the lead public body responsible for advising Scottish Ministers on all matters relating to the natural heritage.
Our purpose is to:
- promote, care for and improve our natural heritage
- help people to enjoy nature responsibly
- enable greater understanding and awareness of nature
- promote the sustainable use of Scotland’s natural heritage
We also advise local authorities and work with the Scottish Parliament and public, private and voluntary organisations towards shared aims.
Our delivery partners
NatureScot is the lead partner of the Initiative, together with ten fishery boards and rivers trusts as delivery partners. Volunteers, local groups, land managers and partner organisations are key local partners, helping to provide a sustainable legacy for the project.
Our partner fishery boards and river trusts have a wealth of experience in catchment management and in controlling invasive non-native species, many undertaking this work for years before the Initiative was formed. The Initiative brings these partners together, supports the establishment of volunteering and training programmes and enables more work to be done in a systematic, coordinated way at landscape scale.
Click the links below to find out more about what is happening in each partnership area and who the key contacts are.
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Beauly Fishery Board
The Beauly Fishery Board became a project partner in Phase 2 of the project (2023 – 2026) following a restructuring of operations at the Ness and Beauly Fishery Trust.
The Board undertakes work to benefit salmon and sea trout and give them the best chance to fulfil their lifecycle in the Beauly catchment and beyond. They protect fish from illegal exploitation but also minimise numerous other pressures faced in the catchment.
Invasive non-native species are an emerging pressure in the catchment – so taking action now to control and eradicate will mean we do not face a much bigger task in the future. The River Beauly is fortunate in that the invasive non-native plant species present are not well established and so, can more easily be controlled and, in time, eradicated. Mink, though present, are generally found in low numbers.
Catchment priorities are to strategically tackle invasive non-native plant species (particularly Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and American skunk cabbage) from upstream sources to the sea – and to engage and train local volunteers to help in this work. For example, we work closely with and provide support to the “Beauly Balsam Bashers” community group. To deliver invasive species control we support our staff and volunteers to be trained in herbicide application. We also work to put in place an effective mink monitoring and control network in the catchment.
The Board records invasive plant species locations and monitors progress of control work through plant abundance and kayak surveys, drone flights and fixed-point photography.
Contacts
Project Officer: Trudi Clarke
Mail: Trudi.Clarke@cromartyboard.com Tel: 07498 889443
Fishery Board: Ruth Watts (Biologist)
Mail: ruth@beaulyfisheryboard.org Tel: 07391 553647
Website: https://beauly.dsfb.org.uk/
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Cromarty Firth Fishery Board
The Cromarty Firth Fishery Board has a remit for the conservation of all native fish species within the region and the habitats which support them. The Cromarty Firth area extends from Tarbat Ness in the north to the Conon Bridge in the south and Achnasheen in the west; covering the catchment area of all rivers flowing into the Firth including the principal tributaries of the Conon, the Blackwater, Meig, Bran and Orrin.
The objective of the Board is to maintain freshwater fishery resources (including salmon and sea trout populations) and associated habitats, and to advance education and raise awareness of native freshwater species and promote restoration and conservation of these wonderful habitats. A large part of this work revolves around a large-scale mitigation stocking programme to overcome significant impacts of hydro power within the district. The board also works closely with local landowners to promote restoration of river systems, including riparian native tree planting, habitat restoration and research into factors limiting juvenile salmon numbers.
Invasive species control work has been carried out for many decades on the rivers within the district – and includes long term control of rhododendron, Himalayan balsam, giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed, American mink and American skunk cabbage. Our five year management plan outlines priorities for invasive non-native species control in the district – we are committed to control of these species to restore natural ecological processes and thriving native communities.
Contacts
Project Officer: Trudi Clarke
Mail: Trudi.clarke@cromartyboard.com Tel. 07498 889443
Fishery Trust: Sunny Bradbury (Senior Biologist)
Mail: sunny.bradbury@cromartyboard.com Tel. 07788 453560
Website: https://cromarty.dsfb.org.uk/
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River Dee Trust
The River Dee Trust is a community-based charitable company set up in 1998 and tasked:
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To improve our knowledge of the ecology and associated fish stocks of the River Dee so that practical improvements and restoration of the River and the wildlife it supports can be achieved. We work in co-operation with those that have the improvement of the River at heart.
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To deliver educational information to schools, organisations and individuals living in the North East of Scotland.
As part of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative we tackle the main invasive plant species (giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, and American skunk cabbage) on the Dee (Braemar to Drumoak) and Don (Strathdon to Inverurie).
We control American mink across both catchments and whilst we have an active mink control programme targeting known hotspots will be recruiting new volunteers, landowners and fishery managers to extend this. We engage with businesses in conservation volunteering days and develop opportunities for business to support the work we do.
We have an established group of volunteers on both the Dee and Don. From all backgrounds, they support plant surveys, monitor mink raft and traps and, after training, undertake chemical or manual control of invasive plants. These volunteers are critical to the scale of invasive species control we deliver.
Through the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative we have reduced giant hogweed abundance in the upper Don to a manageable extent – approximately 30km of riverbank – and extended plant control from Alford to Inverurie, a further 33km, with work from Strathdon largely undertaken by landowners themselves. We have reduced invasive plant abundance on the Cowie and Carron and the Dee downstream of the Gairn for all species other than Himalayan balsam. Recent flood events have exposed and spread seed banks of Himalayan balsam making control challenging.
In 2023 we started to tackle the large giant hogweed infestation on the River Urie. Contractors, volunteers and staff will continue work here to tackle this huge local problem.
American mink abundance is reduced and we are working to expand control effort on neighbouring catchments.
Contacts
Project Officer: Jan Simpson
Mail: jan@riverdee.org Tel: 07767 848856
Rivers Trust: Lorraine Hawkins (Director)
Mail: lorraine@riverdee.org Tel: 01339 880411
Website: https://riverdee.org.uk/
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Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust
Established in 2001, the Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust works to conserve, protect and rehabilitate salmon, sea-trout, trout and other indigenous wildlife and to promote the ecological cycle within the Deveron catchment. Of equal importance, the trust raises awareness of conservation by commissioning research and publishing results.
In the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative we control giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and American mink across the Deveron, Bogie, and Isla catchment, the Rivers Ythan and Ugie and the Water of Cruden.
On the Deveron, Bogie and Isla, giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed are priority species – treatment takes place on the Deveron from Cairnborrow to Banff, from Rhynie to Huntly, where the Bogie joins the Deveron, and on the Isla from Towie, upstream of Keith, to Rothiemay, where it flows into the Deveron. Following a successful trial using sheep grazing to control giant hogweed, with the University of Aberdeen, sheep continue to control the plant at the site near Macduff.
On the Ythan, giant hogweed is the most serious problem, while Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam are also present. We treat giant hogweed on the Tarty Burn near Newburgh and, on the Ythan, between Rothienorman, Auchterless and Woodhead. The River Ugie presents a rare opportunity to tackle invasive plants before they become established and dominant. Giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed are the most widely spread species here, especially between Maud and Mintlaw. On the Water of Cruden, Himalayan balsam and smaller stands of Japanese knotweed are our focus in Cruden Bay, Hatton and beyond.
American mink control, started in 2009 with the Scottish Mink Initiative, remains a priority in our catchments. Our volunteer operated mink monitoring and trapping network already covers many parts of our catchments; we intend to extend the network further, in particular in coastal areas between Buckie and Fraserburgh, where mink sightings continue.
We work with many fishing beat and land owners, farmers, ghillies, universities and colleges, and organisations such as Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, Chivas Brothers and local angling associations and plan to build new relationships with the Community Payback Team, Aberdeenshire Council and local kayaking clubs.
We began invasive species began in 2003 by completing giant hogweed surveys which identified the Isla and Bogie as main seed sources. Control on the Isla started soon after, followed on the Bogie with the help of Huntly Fishings. On the main River Deveron, farmers, river champions and fishing beat and land owners help implement a top down approach to giant hogweed control. Japanese knotweed management started after giant hogweed and in 2018 we began Himalayan balsam control.
The first survey for invasive species on the River Ythan was carried out by the River Ythan Trust (RYT) in 2012; the Ythan Project Volunteers (YPV) started invasive non-native plant control in 2014 in conjunction with the RYT. At the end of 2014 the Ythan Biodiversity Volunteers were formed which tackled invasive species until the start of 2023 when the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative took over invasive control. Throughout the years contractors have also been appointed to treat giant hogweed along the Ythan and its tributaries. Volunteers, including Ythan Biodiversity Volunteers, the Formatine Partnership/Community Planning Group, the River Ythan Trust and District Salmon Fishery Board, have always played a critical role in this catchment – without them none of the treatment activities would have been possible.
Contacts
Project Officer: Lewis Barr (Deveron, Bogie and Isla)
Mail: lewisbarr@deveron.org Tel: 07483 334133
Project Officer: Robert Paylor (Ythan and Ugie)
Mail: robertpaylor@deveron.org Tel: 07483 319448
Rivers Trust: Richie Miller (Director)
Mail: richiemiller@deveron.org Tel: 01466 711388
Website: https://www.deveron.org/
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Esks Rivers and Fisheries Trust
The Esks Rivers and Fisheries Trust works to ensure the survival of all fish species and aquatic habitats in its rivers and lochs. Its catchments include: the Rivers North and South Esk, both of which flow from the Cairngorm massif, through Angus, and enter the sea near Montrose; the River Bervie, a short but productive river in South Aberdeenshire; and the River Lunan which lies south of Montrose and flows to the sea at Lunan Bay.
In recent years, the trust has focused on habitat improvement projects, and is an active member of the River South Esk Catchment Partnership. The partnership has undertaken a body of invasive species control work prioritising control of American mink, giant hogweed, grey squirrel, American signal crayfish, Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed.
The Esks Rivers and Fisheries Trust now work with the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative to control American mink and priority invasive non-native plant species giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed.
Contacts
Project Officer: Cat Cooper
Mail: cat@eskriversangus.uk Tel: 07796 898471
Rivers Trust: Craig MacIntyre (Director)
Mail: cmac@eskriversangus.uk Tel: 07796 715570
Website: https://eskriversangus.uk/
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Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust
The Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust aims to conserve and enhance native fish stocks in our three rivers through research, habitat restoration, and the education of river users and the wider public. Our three rivers flow from the Monadhliath Mountains north into the inner Moray Firth through the towns of Nairn, Forres and Elgin.
In the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative we continue to control giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and American Skunk cabbage along our riverbanks to enable native vegetation to flourish and improve access to the river and riverside paths.
We work with local landowners, farmers, volunteers and community groups, including Wild Things!, Green Hive, Forres in Bloom, Findhorn Bay Nature Reserve, and the Sanquhar Pond Group. Anyone with an interest in improving the habitats around our rivers can get involved – we can provide full training and support.
We also control American mink. Numbers of these predators have declined due to trapping but they are still regularly sighted along the Moray Coast and sometimes on our three rivers. We are expanding our mink control efforts and welcome volunteers wishing to get involved. We will respond to mink sightings which reach us.
We have identified upstream sources of the target invasive plants on our rivers and mapped the extent of the infestations. Current funding for the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative allows us to build on and continue our invasive plant control work, which has been ongoing for ten years.
We are beginning to see improvements, but more still needs to be done. The dense Japanese knotweed stands along the upper River Lossie are beginning to diminish following years of control, and giant hogweed infestations along the River Nairn, River Findhorn, Muckle and Mosset Burns are much reduced.
We thank all the volunteers, community groups and landowners who have supported this work so far. Please get in touch for information about the project – we are always keen to engage with new community groups and individuals.
Contacts
Project Officer: Elise Cox
Mail: EliseCox@fnlrt.onmicrosoft.com Tel: 07880 971890
Rivers Trust: Elle Adams (Executive Director)
Mail: elle@fnlrt.org.uk Tel: 07796 461892
Website: https://www.fnlft.org.uk/
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Ness District Salmon Fishery Board
The Ness District Salmon Fishery Board became a project partner in Phase 2 of the project (2023 – 2026) following a restructuring of operations at the Ness and Beauly Fishery Trust.
The Board protects and enhances the salmon and sea trout fisheries of the district through: scientific research to detail and update the population status; river management to improve spawning and nursery habitats and; bailiffing to promote catch and release and prevent illegal exploitation of the salmon.
The Ness catchment has relatively low levels of invasive non-native species infestation compared to many other rivers in Scotland. This is in no small way due to previous prevention and control work undertaken by the Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust and continued by the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative. Areas of concern include Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed in Urquhart Bay Woods SAC and the ongoing control of American mink.
American mink are trapped and humanely dispatched in the catchment and are reported on a regular basis. Breeding populations do occur and the Great Glen acts as a through route from East to West. A network of volunteers in the catchment undertakes monitoring and trapping as part of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative.
Contacts
Project Officer: Trudi Clarke
Mail: Trudi.Clarke@cromartyboard.com Tel: 07498 889443
Fishery Board: Chris Daphne (Fisheries Officer)
Mail: fisheriesofficer@ndsfb.org Tel: 07808 762502
Website: https://ndsfb.org/
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Ness and Beauly Fisheries Trust
The Ness and Beauly Fisheries Trust were project partners in Phase 1 of the project (2017-2023). Following restructuring, the Ness District Fishery Board and Beauly Fishery Board became separate project partners in Phase 2 (2023-2026).
The Ness and Beauly Fisheries Trust aims to protect and enhance native fish species within the River Ness and River Beauly catchments and a number of smaller coastal catchments.
Within the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative the trust tackled giant hogweed at Munlochy on the Black Isle and on the River Ness and burns around Inverness and Japanese knotweed in Beauly, at Drumnadrochit and on the banks of the River Ness. American skunk cabbage and American mink were also controlled across catchments.
Volunteers and community groups including Apex Scotland, Black Isle Men’s Sheds, Developing the Young Workforce (Inverness) and the Woodland Trust all supported this work.
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative work continued earlier invasive species control with Coille Alba (a small environmental charity) and contractors treating giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed in Beauly, at Munlochy and Drumnadrochit and along the River Ness.
Contacts
Project Officer: Trudi Clarke
Mail: Trudi.Clarke@cromartyboard.com Tel: 07498 889443
Fishery Board (Ness): Chris Daphne (Fisheries Officer)
Mail: fisheriesofficer@ndsfb.org Tel: 07808 762502
Fishery Board (Beauly): Ruth Watts (Biologist)
Mail: ruth@beaulyfisheryboard.org Tel: 07391 553647
Website: https://www.nessandbeauly.org.uk/
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Wester Ross Area
In Phase 1 of the project (2017-2023) our partners in the Wester Ross area was the Skye and Lochalsh Rivers Trust – a new organisation formed following a restructuring of our previous project partner, the Skye and Wester Ross Fisheries Trust. Neither of these organisations is a partner in the current (2023 – 2026) phase of the project.
Several non-native species are of concern in the Wester Ross area including the American mink, which is spotted regularly and Rhododendron ponticum which is spread along several water courses.
Our main priority in the area is American mink control. We aim to build and support a wide and effective network of volunteer operated mink monitoring rafts and traps to control populations in Wester Ross and prevent populations spreading and establishing towards West Sutherland and Caithness. The maintenance of this work is overseen by a part time officer employed by West Sutherland Fisheries Trust.
Invasive plant work is not currently undertaken – though Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and American skunk cabbage, are present at localised sites.
Contacts
Project Officer: Greg Miller (Part time mink control)
Mail: gregmmco@yahoo.com Tel: 07470 397228
Fishery Trust: Shona Marshall (Biologist)
Mail: wsft@btconnect.com Tel: 01971 502259
Website: https://www.wsft.org.uk/
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Spey Fisheries Board
The Spey Fishery Board is responsible for the Spey Fishery District, which includes 52 rod fisheries within the mainstem of the Spey and its tributaries. The Spey Foundation undertakes a wide range of activities on behalf of the board, including research, surveys & monitoring, habitat management, and education work.
The Foundation has worked on key invasive plant species including water crowfoot, Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed. The Board, now with the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative, continue strategic control of giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed, Himalayan knotweed, American skunk cabbage and Himalayan balsam. We annually deploy contractors to the worst affected areas and work with many volunteers, land managers, organisations and stakeholders to embed control in local communities where invasive non-native species management has become locally manageable.
Although no longer one of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative’s target species, we have also coordinated the river Fiddich white butterbur control project since.
We carry out control of the target species, monitor abundance and strategically work our way into new downstream areas – delivering a significant volume of treatment work and making positive progress that would not be possible without the support of everyone involved. Our giant hogweed control work starts on the upper extent of the Mulben burn (the upstream source) with the current lower limit some distance below the Fochabers bridge. Japanese knotweed control is carried out annually on the River Fiddich and starts again at Rothes along the Spey mainstem towards areas below the Fochabers bridge. Some work for both giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed is now also being undertaken on the Burn of Tynet.
The Board was an active partner in previous mink control projects. This work is continuing and expanding within the project, with catchment-wide control undertaken by volunteers as part of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative.
Contact
Project Officer – Karen Muller
Mail: k.muller@speyfisheryboard.com Tel: 07946 353117
River Board – Atticus Albright (Biologist)
Mail: a.albright@speyfisheryboard.com Tel: 07484 893330
Website: https://riverspey.org/
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Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board
The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board is the statutory body empowered to protect and improve the salmon fisheries in the Tay district. This means looking after not just Atlantic salmon and sea trout but the River Tay system as a whole, this includes river management, conservation, scientific research and fishery protection.
Work to remove invasive species in the district has taken place for a number of years through the Tay Foundation. Survey work in 2006 assessed the extent of the problem and defined areas of priority for work. This stimulated, for example, work to control Japanese knotweed on the River Earn. Large sections of riverbank were sprayed between Aberuthven and Crieff.
The Board now works in partnership with the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative to control invasive plants upstream of Perth (Upper and Middle Tay, Almond, Ericht, Isla, Tummel). Target control species are mainly giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed, with smaller localised areas of Himalayan knotweed and American skunk cabbage also managed.
American mink is controlled across the catchment – the Board have been a partner in previous mink control projects and this work continues and expands under the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative. Within the overall mink control project, Tayside is a critical catchment due to it forming a boundary from controlled areas to the north and uncontrolled areas to the south and so intercepts mink migrating from south to north each year.
Contacts
Project Officer: Mark Purrmann-Charles
Mail: markpc.sisi@gmail.com Tel: 07741 639556
Fishery Board: David Summers (Director)
Mail: d.summers@btinternet.com Tel: 01738 583733
Website: https://tayrivers.org/
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West Sutherland Fisheries Trust
Based in the far north west of Scotland, West Sutherland Fisheries Trust covers the area from Durness in the north to Achiltibuie (Near Ullapool) in the south. We help manage rivers to ensure thriving fish populations for the future.
Within the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative we control the small areas of Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam, American skunk cabbage and Gunnera plants present around the area. We will also monitoring mink rafts and traps with the help of an established volunteer network to ensure the early detection and control of animals present and to prevent establishment in the area and beyond to Caithness.
In addition, we also promote biosecurity measures to residents, water users and gardeners to help stop invasive non-native species reaching the area.
Our partnership with the Initiative is a continuation of work undertaken since 2010 to monitor and remove invasive species. This project enables us to continue with the work in Nedd, Clashnessie, Badcall, Achriesgill, Badna Bay, Kinloch and Scourie and to expand to cover to other settlements within the area.
West Sutherland is fortunate in that American mink are largely absent from the area. Similarly, there are no extensive infestations of invasive non-native plants established in the area – therefore, our control is to prevent new species arriving and dealing effectively with the small areas where these plants are found.
Contacts
Shona Marshall (Biologist): wsft@btconnect.com Tel: 01971 502259
Website: https://www.wsft.org.uk/
Our academic partner
The University of Aberdeen is our academic partner. They advise on our American mink control work, where the School of Biological Sciences has done much to support us (and previous projects) using its expertise in dispersal and population dynamics to mitigate the impacts of invasive predators. They have supported our giant hogweed sheep grazing trial and are engaged with us in understanding volunteer motivations for involvement in invasive plant control.
Currently two PhD students from the University of Aberdeen are working with us.
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The University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is the primary academic partner of the Scottish Invasive Species Project.
Staff and students from the School of Biological Sciences are involved in several elements of invasive species removal work and research. Currently there are two PhD studies connected to the Initiative: Albert Bonet Bigata is studying relationships between American mink control and native species (particularly water vole) recovery and Clare Pitt is studying volunteer motivations for participation in invasive non-native plant control.
The University is a long standing partner with invasive non-native species control projects in the north east of Scotland. In the current programme Professor Xavier Lambin is a Steering Group member and advises principally on our American mink control work whilst advice in setting up and monitoring our sheep grazing trial to control giant hogweed was provided by Dr Annie Robinson. We look forward to understanding more of volunteer motivations for participation in invasive non-native plant control through the PhD of Clare Pitt which is supervised by Dr Thomas Bodey.
Contacts:
School of Biological Sciences: Professor Xavier Lambin
Mail: x.lambin@abdn.ac.uk Tel: 01224 273259
Website: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sbs/