Our Voices

For Glenan Community Wood to be viable in the long term, we need to develop an income that can pay core costs and enable us to undertake activities to improve the woodland and maintain it for future generations. This core income is even more crucial in the current climate as grant income becomes harder and … Read more

Charity secures cash to acquire spectacular Argyll oak woodland Portavadie, Argyll and Bute, September 19, 2019: A rare surviving tract of Scotland’s once extensive, ancient oak woodland is about to be purchased by a charity based in Portavadie, Argyll and Bute. The Friends of Glenan Wood has secured a grant of £326,750 to purchase the … Read more

Angus Bevan of Integrated Woodland Management recently undertook a Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) assessment of Glenan Wood funded by Woodland Trust. You can read the full report here. Restoration of plantations on ancient woodland sites is now considered to be good forestry practice. The aim is to restore areas of ancient woodland that … Read more

Come along to the Glenan Wood BioBlitz! It’s a great way to find out more about the incredible wildlife in Glenan Wood and start recording it. We’ll be running the event over two days. See the full programme below. On Friday pupils from the local primary schools will be joining us for the day-time activities. … Read more

We’re delighted to have been awarded Stage 1 Funding from the Scottish Land Fund. This development funding has enabled us to hire a consultant to produce a feasibility study and business plan and will also pay for a formal valuation of the woodland by a qualified district valuer. We selected our consultant, Duncan Bryden, through … Read more

We currently wish to commission a Feasibility Study and Business Plan to support our application to the Scottish Land Fund for the purchase of Glenan Wood via the Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) Community Asset Transfer Scheme (CATS). You can download the Invitation to Tender document here. The return date for tenders is 11th December 2017 … Read more

The circular route through Glenan Wood is a cracker. It takes about 1 – 1.5 hours hours to complete the loop. Follow woodland and shore paths to Glenan Bay. It can be boggy underfoot and some clambering is required. Starting from the Glenan carpark, head across the grassy field and follow the path into the … Read more

Glenan Wood is rich in heritage and history. Sections of the woodland are marked on maps dating 1750 and 1860. Glenan Village is a deserted settlement deep in the wood with a number of ruined houses made of local stone. There are also, what some archaeologists interpret as, the remains of a chapel plus a … Read more

Glenan Wood’s unique habitat is rich in flora and fauna. Adders, red squirrels, otters, bats, deer, pine martens and water voles all make their homes here, as do night jars, cuckoos, wood warblers, ravens, tawny owls and other birds. Rare lichens, moss, ferns and wild flowers thrive among the gnarled broadleaf trees, rocky outcrops and … Read more