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1 a$na/onal$orchard$inventory$for$scotland$ project(funded(by(sco0sh(natural(heritage( Project(Manager:((Crispin(W.(Hayes,((CW(Hayes(Associates( THE$INVENTORY$STORY$SO$FAR$ Project(partners:(( Sco0sh(Natural(Heritage( (Borders(Forest(Trust (NaKonal(Trust(for(Scotland( People s(trust(for(endangered(species ( (Orchard(Research(&(Enterprise(CIC(

2 What(is(it?( it s(a(list(of(where( orchards(are(and(what( there(like( when(was(it(last(done?( well(it(wasn t(but(the( 1885(Congress( documented(100s(of( orchards(in(scotland(.(.(.((

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4 Why(do(it(now(?((( Lot(of(reasons(W(these(are(the(reasons(we(think(it(is(worthwhile:( orchards(are(an(important(part(of(our(landscape(for(many( reasons;(local(tasty(fruit,(part(of(cultural(heritage,(preyy(blossom( in(the(spring,(local(business(that(uses(the(fruit,(valuable(habitat( for(birds(and(beaskes( (and(so(on.((( our(longstanding(tradikonal(orchards(are(in(decline,(and(have( been(for(many(decades.((we(are(approaching(a(cri/cal$phase( ( we(need(to(do(something(now(to(ensure(their(survival.( knowing(what(is(out(there( (across(scotland( (will(give(us(all(a(lot( of(informakon(about(where(best(to(target$a@en/on,(and(who(to( engage(with.(( Have(you(got(any(to(add(?(

5 How$many$trees$makes$an$orchard$?$ For(the(purpose(of(this(work(we(are(defining( an(orchard(as(5$or$more$fruit$trees$that(are( within(20m(apart(from(crown(edge(to(crown( edge.(

6 How(does(the(process(work?( 1.#DeskStudy## # # Uses$digital$maps,$aerials$ photos$&$exis3ng$informa3on$ Finds$Likely$Orchard$Sites$$ 2.#Field#Verifica:on#### # Collaborates$$local$ organisa3ons$ Volunteers$visit$each$orchard$ Field$Survey$of$all$Orchards$ 3.#Inventory#dataset#published# Data$from$across$Scotland$is$ collated.$$ Personal$informa3on$redacted.## Inventory$available$for$download$

7 What(are(the(results(so(far?( 1.#DeskStudy## # # Uses$digital$maps,$aerials$ photos$&$exis3ng$informa3on$ Finds$Likely$Orchard$Sites$$ More(than(we(expected(.((.((.((

8 1859(sites(considered( 1728(proposed(as(candidate(orchards(to(go(forward(to(field( survey( Orchards(found(in(31(out(of(32(Unitary(Authority(areas.(( South(Lanarkshire,(followed(by(Fife(have(the(largest(number(of( candidate(orchards,(at(213(and(186(respeckvely( Dumfries(&(Galloway,(Highland,(Perth(&(Kinross(and(Sco0sh( Borders(all(have(over(100(candidate(orchards.((( The(total(area(of(candidate(orchards(is(714(hectares.((This( includes(mixed(habitats(such(as(garden(areas(or(walled(gardens( that(contain(an(orchard.(( South(Lanarkshire(has(the(largest(area(with(133(hectares,(much( of(which(is(found(in(the(clyde(valley.( Perth(&(Kinross(follows(up(with(87(hectares,(including(the(Carse( of(gowrie.( Aberdeenshire,(Dumfries(&(Galloway,(Fife,(Highland,(North( Lanarkshire,(and(the(Sco0sh(Borders(all(have(more(than(30( hectares(each.(((

9 Orkney 4 orchards 0.5 ha Eilean Star 1 orchards 0.5 ha Highland 125 orchards 36.8 ha Moray 57 orchards 15.2 ha Aberdeenshire incl City 89 orchards 39.1 ha Perth & Kinross 140 orchards 87.1 ha Angus incl Dundee 51 orchards 21.1 ha Argyll & Bute 37 orchards 10.3 ha Stirlingshire 41 orchards 12.5 ha Fife 186 orchards 39.4 ha North Ayrshire 21 orchards 4.9 ha South Lanarkshire 213 orchards ha Scottish Borders 98 orchards 34.1 ha South Ayrshire 36 orchards 27.2 ha Dumfries & Galloway 136 orchards 51.5 ha Source: CW Hayes (2014) A National Orchard Inventory for Scotland. GIS Deskstudy Phase. Report to SNH. Base Map Source: Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

10 Inverclyde 9 orchards West Dunbartonshire 17 orchards 3 ha East Ayrshire 19 orchards 11.8 ha Clackmannanshire 30 orchards 11.4 ha East Dunbartonshire 15 orchards 2.7 ha East Renfrew -shire 54 orchards 6 ha Falkirk 28 orchards 10.1 ha Fife 186 orchards 39.4 ha Edinburgh City 40 orchards 19.2 ha Renfrew West Lothian Glasgow North 3.5 ha -shire 36 orchards 39 orchards Lanarkshire Mid Lothian 25 orchards 7.4 ha 12.7 ha 37 orchards 26 orchards 7.4 ha 42 ha 15.6 ha North Ayrshire 21 orchards 4.9 ha South Lanarkshire 213 orchards ha East Lothian 89 orchards 28 ha Scottish Borders 98 orchards 34.1 ha Full(report(of(Deskstudy(is(available(for(download(at(

11 What(now(?( 2.#Field#Verifica.on#### # Collabora'on))with)) )local)organisa'ons) Volunteers)visit)each)orchard) Field)Survey)of)all)Orchards) already(piloted(with(borders((forest(trust( over(100(orchards(verified(in(sco0sh(borders(

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15 LocaKon(Map(for( each(site(is(provided( via(local(facilitator( Unique(site(ref(=( Orchard(ID( very(important( that(everything( relakng(to(this( site(has(that( number(on(it( Grid(ref(of( site(and( approx( locakon( red(polygon( shows(our( understanding( of(orchard( area.((if(this(is( incorrect,(draw( actual(extent,(( and(send(it( back(to(us.(((

16 How(to(be(involved( (at(least(3(ways( Volunteer$surveyor(in(your(area( (training(provided( survey(materials(and(methods(ready(to(use( as(few(or(as(many(visits(as(you(like( feedback(from(borders(pilot(was(they(really(enjoyed(it(( Local(organisa/ons(act(as(a(hub(and(host(in(your( area.(collaborakon.(( (Local$Facilitator$contracted(to(organise(volunteers(in( your(area( Methods(&(systems(provided( Match(funding(available( RECRUITING(NOW((W(see(website(for(details(

17 Kelso(1860s:( Will(this(scale(&(normality(of(fruit(trees(&(local(food(ever(return(?((