Royal Dornoch Helps Nature Hold Back The Tide
A world-renowned golf club is supporting a pioneering project that will help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion by rebuilding natural defences. A number of gaps in the saltmarsh habitat in the Dornoch Firth means part of Royal Dornoch’s Struie Course is vulnerable to flooding and even being lost to the power of the waves. However, a project starting next month will transplant hundreds of greenhouse-grown native saltmarsh plants to help restore the natural defences. Saltmarshes provide important habitat for a wide range of wildlife and protect coastal land from…Read more …
