Upland & Woodland Habitat Impact Assessment Training Day – Glen Finglas

2026 WHIALite (+Upland) Programme

As part of The Wild Deer Best Practice guidance collection, Steering Group partners, including NatureScot and Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) developed a simplified methodology for assessing the impacts of grazing herbivores on woodland habitat.

Known as ‘WHIA Lite’ this method has been developed to stand separately to the full Woodland Habitat Impact Assessment (WHIA) methodology found in the woodland grazing toolbox on the Scottish Forestry website.

(Please note the this methodology is not suitable for Scottish Forestry grant support nor Protected Site assessment – the full WHIA methodology would be required in these instances.)

Join a series of workshops across Scotland again this Spring to train Practitioners in its use.

Ideal for those interested in carrying out their own site assessments relating to herbivore damage i.e. Deer Managers, Gamekeepers, Land, Forestry and Woodland Managers

During these training workshops we will cover the basics of undertaking this monitoring method.

In addition to WHIALite we will be covering the Upland HIA methodology too so two habitats will be covered in one day.

Meeting Location:

The meeting location will be shared as soon as we have confirmation.

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Further Info:

These events are delivered outside so please ensure you have the following:

• Suitable outdoor clothing and footwear

• Clipboard/weather writer

• Refreshments

N.B We will be providing a light lunch for you so dietary requirements will be requested nearer the date of the event.

If you have specific questions regarding the training days please contact louise.farmer@nature.scot