The purchase of Carrifran, a 660ha valley in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, was completed on 1st January 2000 with the aim of restoring it to a wild state. The first trees were planted on that same day, and since then over 750,000 native trees have been planted as part of the ecological restoration project led by the Wildwood Group of Borders Forest Trust (BFT).
This article explores the changes that have taken place in macro moth populations, based on survey work undertaken by several observers, including the author, over the first 26 years of the Carrifran project.