Woodland for sale

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Quality mature spruce and riverside broadleaves in a beautiful location.

The attractive hamlet of Straiton is midway between Maybole and Dalmellington, being 7 miles from both. Lambdoughty Glen is just outside the eastern envelope of the village on the boundary between an extensive area of forest to the north and grazing land with long views to the south and west. Ayr is less than half an hour’s drive to the northwest and Glasgow is just over an hour’s drive to the north.

The larger part of the wood fronting the public road is composed of a bank of impressive Sitka spruce dating from the early 1990s. The trees are growing well in the fertile brown forest soils found here and are now approaching maturity. They are of good clean form and hold the promise of healthy volumes of quality sawlogs.

In the glen below, the wood straddles 200 metres of the Lambdoughty Burn – a pretty tumbling watercourse with smooth stretches of water punctuated by a series of terraced waterfalls. The banks on either side of the burn support a range of multi-aged broadleaves including oak, ash, birch, alder, elm, rowan and sycamore with a vigorous understorey of regenerating hardwoods plus woody shrubs such as hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn. This part of Lambdoughty has many characteristics of ancient woodland with floral species such as wood anemone, bluebells and wood rush.

The wood benefits from extensive roadside frontage. Access into the wood is via a gate near the middle of the wood leading to an unsurfaced track which then connects with a path down to the streamside.

With its varied habitats Lambdoughty is host to a variety of birds such as wrens, tits and flycatchers. Thanks to the stream there are also water-loving species like wagtails and dippers, whilst the mewing of buzzards was frequently heard overhead during our visit.

Lambdoughty Glen combines commercial and amenity credentials in a most attractive setting.

Our Forester'sThoughts

Alastair says...

"The Sitka spruce appears windfirm. It is near economic maturity and would produce a healthy tax-free income if the decision was taken to harvest. Restock options vary from a successor crop of commercial conifers to habitat restoration with native species. Or a bit of both!

The streamside is attractive but currently difficult to access so I’d want to cut a path along one of the banks for quiet enjoyment."

Please remember some management operations require approval and/or a licence.