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Woodland Habitat Impact Assessment Training Day – Fenwick, Ayrshire
2026 Scottish WHIALite Programme Learn a methodology for assessing the impacts of grazing herbivores on woodland habitats.
Date and time: to
Location: Fenwick Hotel Car Park Off Kilmaurs Road Kilmarnock KA3 6AQ
Organisation: Wildlife Management Best practice Officer, Scot.
2026 WHIALite 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.
Join this series of workshops across Scotland 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
(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.)
If you have specific questions regarding the training days please contact louise.farmer@nature.scot
