Rewilding in Scotland - Wester Tullochcurran in Perthshire - a Rewilding Project with a Difference 

What a lovely film - brought a tear to my eye, that did. Miles, your mum & dad would be so proud of what you're trying to achieve. More power to you and Hannah on your journey onwards.

" We can't possibly do better than nature " Such a breath of fresh air, fantastic ethos & project. Local collecting of seeds & planting is something we can all be getting involved in & making a part of our lives; whether we have space for trees/shrubs or there's a square metre down the road. It's precisely what I am wanting to inspire in my local community. Thank you so much for sharing this video.

Good to see and hear landowners not only being true stewards of the land, but encompassing the whole of nature - this will truly make a difference and provide a positive example for other people in similar situations!

Beautiful Place, Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.

I love when he said he encourages someone with a small garden or large piece of land to let it be wild.

Superb film - beautifully made, and such inspiring, yet gentle commentary - loved it.

This is an inspirational film. Well done Miles. Let’s hope many people see it and take hope, inspiration and guidance from it.

All the best on your rewilding journey, hope you manage to keep on top of the deer to allow those lovely woods to flourish. If only we could have lynx and wolves back. Great to see another rewilding project in my home county!

That's beautiful Miles! Love those baby happy trees, warm melodies and magical mushrooms. Quite the beast that was crunching up your tree trunks too. Hope to visit there someday...

I'm a chick forest technician from Montreal, my mother in law was from Carradale, I've been 3 times (love the place) but couldn't comprehend how I could find it beautiful because it wasn't, keep going you're doing God's work!

Wonderful to see changes. Maybe the Government should relabel land. Eg “Green Belts” , we should have more Rewilding Belts.

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Thank you #SaveSoil #Consciousplanet

Wonderful to witness change. Maybe Government should stop labelling “Green Land” and have “ Rewilding Land” .

Great to see what you are attempting. How are you planning to reduce the impact of deer on the natural regeneration of the woodland?

Downed trees and logs on the ground are very important. Fungal communities will thrive. This will create so much homes for insects and birds and everything. It will allow light to the floor and hopefully you can get natives in there. Don't be bummed when trees fall. When they are non-native, that is a bummer. When their energy and nutrients are exported, that is a bummer. But their downed bodies will begin a new life. If you harvest them, that's fine, but if left where they are, this will thrive. They will decay and host countless organism. They'll act like a sponge, retaining water. The ground fungal and root networks will tap into them and consume them over this coming century. Just leave them and plant natives throughout.

It's great to see someone actually talking about tree plantations not being true forests. The brainwashing worldwide about the value of tree plantations as forests is pretty disheartening. I hope he can successfully grow some native species!

I wonder how many people in more conventional properties but with a reasonable sized garden admire but fear an attempt at rewilding due to devaluing their property from a financial point of view.

"We can't possibly do better than nature", then why are you planting trees? You mention you're controlling the movement of deer but how many deer are you actually culling each year? Have you surveyed to see what's there already? Sorry for the potentially quite brutal comment but I'm just a bit sick of the default to planting when the biggest issue is the deer, and planting is very, very often not required. Planting trees is nothing different to most rewilding projects, in fact the vast majority do plant trees, it's the ones that don't & actually address the real issue (deer) that are the most inspiring & successful. It's not like you've started with a wasteland, and planting those trees could do more damage than good & be a waste of resources that could be better used to reduce deer numbers. For example, field maple isn't native to Scotland & yet you seem to be planning on planting it? I guarantee the other species that are native to the area would be regenerating or even are regenerating, they just need the browsing pressure reduced. They'll also be regenerating in a much, much more natural way than you could ever replicate through planting, e.g. if you collected all your seed from trees in your garden, the genetic make-up of your planted trees is very, very limited. Naturally regenerated alder, birch, elm & ash could have blown in from elsewhere, acorns brought in from multiple trees by corvids, berries dispersed from far afield by birds... It's all there, you just need to get a handle on the deer. Doing that would set you apart from the vast majority of the rest of Scotland's landscape. Rant over. Apologies.

Loved the video, one unrelated question, what is the brand on that flannel jacket, i kinda need it in my life 😅

It's great planting all these trees but without predators to control deer numbers you're just planting deer food.

I really hope we can see our native big predators like wolves, lynx, and bears be reintroduced to Scotland someday as they are just what the ecosystem of the Scottish Highland needs. They would hunt and kill Red and Roe deer, which would naturally control their blooming population and prevent overgrazing and restore the development of trees and forests as well as biodiversity. The real problem here would be farmers with their livestock, whilst the Eurasian lynx prefers to live and hunt in forests and woodlands. Wolves would cause them a few problems by feeding on animals like sheep and cattle. Measures like guard dogs could be required to solve this issue similar to mainland Europe.

As he rips up a toadstool and ruins it's life cycle next to an alien christmas tree....

How about letting a nice lynx family move in, raise some kids (or kits?) and start eating the deer? 😉

I think that the trees need you to buy a rifle !

Question, is the narrator of this vid a Vegan? Cos animal ag is the reason why 1/3 of the Earths(Ice free) Land Mass has been Deforested, for the 70 Billion animals bred for eating every year!. Without animal ag we could rewild 78% of agricultural land which would be enough of a Carbon Sink to sequester more CO2 than is currently emitted!. The vast areas of Scotland, Ireland, Wales & England that are wildlife deserts could easily be rewilded but only if people stop this unnatural use of animals as food!. ✊🏽🌎🌻

Wolves will keep the deer away. Pigs will do a better job of breaking up the surface of the land.

Scottland needs predators.