Woodland for sale

Description
Derskelpin Wood is located in rural Dumfries and Galloway, in an area known as the Machars of Galloway. Formerly a spruce
plantation dating from the early 1980's, it was clear-felled about five years ago. Since then it has been allowed to lie fallow
allowing nature to return in surprising proliferation. Under the vegetation lies a large area of peat bog: this vitally important
resource in the fight against climate change reaches incredible depth, up to 10m has been measured in the locality.
Many small spruce trees have sprung up with a scattering of Scots pine with broadleaf birch and a fair amount of oak. Along the
fringes of the wood, drainage channels mark the limits of the peat and are home to emerging willow and bog myrtle. At the
northern edge of the wood, the bedrock rises through the peat in a small hillock which gives commanding views over the locality
and would be a great location for a hut or a camping platform.
The purchasers of the woodland will be asked to enter into a covenant to ensure the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of adjoining
woodlands and meadows.
The majority of the young trees are Sitka spruce with a scattering of Scots pine. Birch and oak have self-seeded here with willow
advancing from the southern end and bog myrtle scattered throughout.
Wild woodland flowers are abundant with foxgloves, furze, stitchwort and campion in evidence. Ferns mosses and wetland
grasses cover the landscape with cotton grass and thistles adding tufts of white to the greenery as their seed heads ripen.
On switching one's viewpoint from macro to micro, a hidden world is brought into focus. Although both red and roe deer transit
the land the main interest is in the smaller creatures. Frogs and newts breed in the boundary drainage channels and as they
mature they venture forth in search of invertebrate sustenance. A large variety of water creatures share these channels with a
variety of beetles, including the rarely seen great diving beetle, and the larva of dragonflies and damselflies.
The woodland features a small bedrock knoll with an adjacent hard standing. A rustic bench gives a lookout over the surrounding
environs.
Derskelpin Wood is easily accessed from the A75 Dumfries to Stranraer highway and then down a single-track road to the gated
entrance. From there, a well-found stone track leads to a well-marked ridestop on the right with a good hardstanding at the top of
a small rise.
The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale.
The purchasers of the woodland will be asked to enter into a covenant to ensure the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of adjoining
woodlands and meadows.
A rare opportunity to enter into the life of a woodland at the outset, with the headstart of natural regeneration to embrace future
management. Sensitive supplementary planting, especially of native broadleaf species, would shape this woodland for the future
and bring wider benefits to the local ecosystem and diversity in general.
An ideal venue for carbon sequestration and diversification of a once mono-cultural landscape, conservation and amenity, a
chance to invest in woodland and one's own peace of mind and mental wellbeing.
The local area is known as the Machars of Galloway little known throughout the UK it is a beautiful and tranquil corner of Scotland
with thousands of acres of farmland and an easily accessible and extensive coastline.
The northern boundary track lies along the former Dumfries to Stranraer railway line which was closed, with many others, at the
behest of Lord Beeching in his swingeing railway reform of 1963.
The wood takes its name from the nearby Derskelpin Moss with its walking, cycling and running facilities.