News & Events

Earlier this spring we had two very exciting captures in mink traps in the Ugie and Spey catchments - water voles!

The first was captured on the 28th of April in the Ugie catchment. A remoti devices alerted our local project officers that a mink trap had been triggered and they turned…

News of our woolly warriors is travelling far and wide as they spent their fifth season on site tackling highly invasive and toxic giant hogweed plants. Haley Bouma from STV News recently visited our trial site on the River Deveron to speak with Karen Muller and find out more about the famous…

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative achieved a great deal in 2022 - all with the support of our partners and volunteers! As we came to the end of Volunteer's Week (1st-7th June) our annual infographic was released to celebrate the achievements of the project and the contributions from our…

Our famous flock have been getting a lot of interest recently as their hogweed munching exploits make the headlines.

We were recently joined by journalist Richard Baynes when he visited our trial site near Macduff in Aberdeenshire, where we have been running a giant…

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative will be hosting open days at our giant hogweed sheep grazing trial site in Macduff this summer. 

The open days will involve a guided tour of our trial site, hosted by one of our local Project Officers, to see and discuss progress…

Exciting News from our Sheep Grazing Trials

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative has been running a giant hogweed sheep grazing trial since 2019 at a site near Macduff in the Deveron catchment, in Aberdeenshire. 

As we reach the end of this four-year trial, we have put…