Glen Clova abounds with wildlife, glaciated landscapes and magnificent views.

From forestry to pockets of native woodlands and heather covered hills and winding rivers, Glen Clova has an excellent variety of habitats. These support a tremendous range of wildlife from roe deer, red squirrels and salmon. A lot of the mountain species can be found in Clova. Red deer, mountain hare, red grouse, black game, ptarmigan, ravens, peregrines and eagles all are seen regularly by the keen wildlife watchers.

As a mark of how special Clova is for habitats and wildlife, the River South Esk is now a European Special Area of Conservation, and Corrie Fee with its outstanding botanical interest, is now a National Nature Reserve.

To find out more about Corrie Fee NNR visit

http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/reserve.asp?NNRId=30            http://www.snh.org.uk/scottish/taysclack/CFnnr.asp

The Angus Glens Ranger Service

The Angus Glens Ranger Service, based at Braedownie are responsible for managing the wildlife heritage within the glen. 

The Rangers are involved in many aspects of the Reserve and there are several events planned over the year, for more details see the What's On Locally page.

The Rangers also produce a monthly newsletter with an outline of planned events, school visits, dates of walks etc. and a brief report of the conservation work that they do.  The latest edition of "Eagle News" can be read here

Angus Council has announced that a New Ranger Base is to be built at Glen Doll.  

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The Cairngorms National Park

The Cairngorms National Park was established in September 2003.  It is the UK’s largest National Park at 1,467 sq miles.  The CNPA was set up by the Scottish Parliament to ensure that the unique aspects of the Cairngorms - both the natural environment and the local communities - are cared for, sustained and enhanced for current and future generations to enjoy.  The CNPA is designed to be an ‘enabling’ organisation promoting partnership and giving leadership to all those involved in the Cairngorms.

The Cairngorms National Park has a large mountain range at its heart with diverse communities around it. It is home to 16,000 people and 25% of Britain’s threatened species. It includes unique mountainous areas of wild land, moorlands, forests, rivers, lochs and glens. Sites designated as of importance to natural heritage take up 39% of the land area – two thirds of these are of Europe-wide importance.

The Park stretches from Grantown on Spey to the heads of the Angus Glens, from Ballater to Dalwhinnie and Drumochter including much of the Laggan area in the southwest and a large area of the Glen Livet estate and the Strathdon/Glen Buchat area.

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