Successful woodland expansion in Scotland’s Cairngorms revealed in aerial maps

Successful woodland expansion in Scotland’s Cairngorms revealed in aerial maps Jacqueline Garget Thu, 09/24/2026 - 05:01 A University of Cambridge-led team has used aerial surveys across a huge swathe of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland to create detailed 3D maps that show the beginnings of large-scale recovery of native woodland. The maps document a success-story for the Cairngorms Connect nature restoration partnership: young trees are spreading naturally into areas where woodlands have been missing for centuries, following a landscape-scale approach to deer management across the par