Forestry is a Long-Term Game
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
Warren Buffet
Woodlands now accounts for over 40% of Winton Estate – that’s nearly one million trees, split evenly between conifers and broadleaves. In the last 20 years, we’ve planted the equivalent of 60 professional football pitches – and we’re not finished!
The woodlands are thinned hard to let light onto the forest floor which encourages natural regeneration and diversity of age and species – a practice called Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF). We hope this will mitigate against the spread of diseases though we have not been able to combat the disease affecting ash trees. It’s a long-term game!
Notable Upcoming Works
Listed here are the details of upcoming works that my affect public areas. If you require further information, please get in touch via our contact page.
Winton Cemetery – from 12th August
Winton Forestry and Grounds teams will be undertaking work in the Winton Cemetery on the week beginning the 12th of August. Work is expected to take 5 days and involves felling, hedge-cutting and brush-cutting. Impact to the public will be minimal, however there will be machinery extracting timber and brash from the site, so we ask that the public please obey all signs and directions given. All works carried out will be done subject to a site survey.
Pirnie Braes Woodland (footpaths affected) – from 26th August
The long Pirnie Braes Wood on the south bank of the River Tyne will shortly be thinned by Winton Estate foresters. Work will commence at the traffic lights end upstream towards Ormiston.
Every effort will be made to limit disturbance, operating to blocks so as clear paths by the weekends. Please follow all signs and directions for your safety; this is a legal responsibility under the Access Code.
Around a quarter of the trees will be felled to aid growth of the remainder and encourage species and age diversity through natural regeneration. Ash trees affected by the disease Chalara (Ash Dieback) will also be removed; identifiable with yellowing twigs at the end of branches high up – if left for too long, these could become unsafe.
Felled timber will be collected by a tractor and forwarded to the newly created stacking area in the middle of the wood. Stacked timber will be collected by lorry and taken to the estate yard for processing.
These works have been shared with Scottish Forestry and the Pencaitland and District Community Council.
We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Francis Ogilvy
Winton Estate
