our plantation

Woodland & Stream

Woodland run's the length of the plantations, either side of a stream. This area is home to a multitude of plant and wild life, in particular rare lesser spotted Orchids, Deer and occasionally Otters, who incidentally never pay for their fishing!

Coarse Fishing Lakes 1980 - 2000

The first lake was dug back in 1980, with the most recent dug in 2000. These are useful to us to as they enable us to irrigate the trees, but they are home to a host of aquatic, mammal and bird life, including rare water voles and kingfishers.

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Tree Plantations 1993 - 2001

We started planting trees back in 1993 with 1500 Nordman Fir, then 3000 in 1994 and then 5000 per year ever since. The majority of trees growing on our plantations are Nordman Fir but in recent years we have also planted a substantial quantity of Frazer Fir and Blue Spruce.

Tree Plantations 2002 - 2004

Park field plantation holds the most recent year's trees, with one area left for 2005. In recent years we have opted to plant 3500 Nordman Fir and 1500 Frazer Fir, proportions we intend to stick with in the future. Historically Park field belonged to Bindon house and would have been the grounds for the country house ringed by a wrought iron railings.