Corrour Peatland Restoration
Corrour is a Scottish highland estate near Fort William. Restoration of degraded peatland is part of a 100-year partnership with Corrour which commenced in 2024.
- Location: Lochaber, Scotland
- Area: 805ha gross*
- Restoration commenced: 2022, 2023, 2024**
- Suitable for research and teaching
Restoration
The dominant habitat type on Corrour is blanket bog, much of which has been historically degraded.
Corrour are in the process of delivering a long-term restoration strategy, with peatland being restored on a rolling basis.
This work reinstates natural flow pathways and raises water levels across the sites, restoring a more natural water table and optimum conditions for blanket bog plant species to thrive, thereby preventing further degradation, improving water retention and quality throughout the catchments, and enhancing biodiversity.
This is a skilled undertaking, creating additional green rural jobs.
Monitoring in restored areas on Corrour has already confirmed the presence of the Azure Hawker dragonfly (a vulnerable, nationally important species), the Four-spotted chaser and the Large red damselfly.
Dragonflies, in addition to being a good indicator of environmental health and water quality, eat midges.
Research and Teaching
Use of the peatland for research and teaching is supported through the University’s partnership with Corrour.
Additional Information
The carbon impact of the peatland projects are public on the UK Land Carbon Register:
- Ghlas-choire Fersit & Coire Cregach mer.markit.com: 104000000028564
- Amair mer.markit.com: 104000000029156 **
- Loch na Lap mer.markit.com: 104000000029267 **
* The area restored is larger than the area registered for carbon abatement.
** At the time of publication the first project has been validated for carbon, with the second and third phases expected to complete the post-restoration validation process by early 2025 after work is complete.
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