PUBLICATIONS
October 2024
The problem of the spread of self-
seeded Sitka spruce across
Scotland: A possible solution?
Click here for a discussion document
Introduction to Landscape
A guide to landscape description, assessment
and planning for the non-specialist.
Colour diagrams, 53 pages, 1.8mb. Nov. 2020
Draft Scottish Biodiversity Strategy 2022
Comments on the draft from James Fenton
8 pages August 2022
My main comment on this strategy is that the proposed action
is not based on any real understanding of the long term
ecological dynamics of Scotland, particularly of the Highlands.
Global warming, carbon emissions & land use in
Scotland: A simplified guide
There appears to be little understanding of the difference
between carbon cycling in ecosystems and the release of fossil
carbon from burning fossil fuels.
Numerous diagrams, 6 pages, March 2020
The Upland Ecology of Scotland: A Review of the
Favourable Condition Approach in Relation to
Grazing and Carbon Storage
30 pages, 13 photographs, 5 diagrams. 2014
June 2023
Restoration of Upland Peats:
A Discussion Document
Is the current vogue for peatland restoration actually
damaging peatlands?
Click here for details
Land-use and climate change in the UK:
The need for a strategic ecological overview
Text with photographs, 6 pages, January 2020
Charcoal scribbles: from the
period ca.1975-80
Download the complete set of 72
drawings here, pdf, 5.15mb
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April 2025
SCOTLAND – NORWAY:
ECOLOGICAL COMPARISONS IN
RELATION TO WOODLAND COVER
Download here
pdf 15mb. 25 pages
Why are there more trees in Norway?
May 2025
Understanding Blanket Peat in the UK:
A Photographic Guide
85 photographs of blanket peat in Scotland, illustrating
the stages of blanket peat development, and
associated features. Download from Peat Book page
*New* July 2025 Notes on the land management of the island of South Rona
Download here, 19 pages
