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A quick update from the team on our mounding programme for Forestry and Land Scotland's Tay Forest District.
Pushing towards 450 hectares this season. Started on time, currently running ahead of schedule. That comes down to strong on-site leadership, experienced certified operators on the machines, and consistent mound densities across the work — the things that turn a programme into a quality result rather than just a finished one.
Keeping it on schedule means the planters get their window, the trees go in when they're meant to, and the new crop gets the start it deserves.
Steady work, properly done. That's the job!
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What does peatland restoration actually look like when it's working?
It looks like this.
Back on the hill at Coignafearn Estate for the second phase of a major peatland restoration scheme, and the work is going to plan.
Slowing the flow of water across the site. Creating pooling where there used to be erosion. Covering the bare peat that was releasing carbon into the atmosphere. The bog starting to do its job again.
How does it come together? Top-quality equipment matched to the ground, and an excellent team who get on with the work in the way we want it done — quiet confidence, attention to detail, and proper enjoyment of being on the hill.
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Big woodland creation schemes involve a lot of moving parts. Ground preparation, fencing, infrastructure — usually delivered by separate contractors, all needing to work to the same standards and the same programme.
This is the final piece of a large woodland creation scheme we've delivered through 2026 — a high-spec long-jump deer grid installed at the entrance. The same Taiga Upland team that built this grid into the track also did the forestry ground preparation across the scheme, cleared the fencelines, and installed the deer fencing tying into it. One contractor, one programme, one point of accountability.
That's what collaborative forest operations actually look like. Skilled fencing teams and top-level machine operators working alongside each other, on the same job, with the same standards. The result speaks for itself.
Quality grid supplied by our friends at Hopkins Cattle Grids.
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There's a lot said about young people and their work ethic, most of it negative. We don't buy it!
This is one of our newest recruits, standing in front of his machine. He's exactly the kind of person we want at Taiga Upland — and there are plenty more like him out there if you're willing to look and give them a chance.
Rural industries need new people. Moving the same skilled staff between companies doesn't grow the industry — it just shuffles it. What grows it is bringing fresh people in and training them properly. Time, patience, real investment. Almost every time, it's worth the risk.
That's the kind of company we want to be. Honest work, real training, and a chance for someone to build a career here.
Optimistic about the future. And doing something about it.
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Why does a restock fence matter so much?
Because it can be the difference between the new crop taking and the new crop getting hammered by deer.
It's a serious investment, but on the right site it's the work that decides whether everything behind it succeeds. Foresters who commission it want one thing — it done safely, efficiently, no fuss, the fence in and working.
On this project we added something most fencing contractors can't. Before the fencing team arrived, our ground-prep excavators went in and cleared the fenceline through difficult terrain. A cleaner line gives a better fence — straighter, stronger, built with fewer compromises.
That's the advantage of having ground prep and fencing under one roof. The capabilities work together, on the same job, adding value all the way through.
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