Carman Muir | Moorlands | G82 4PY
What is a Moorland? A moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, shrublands, shrublands biomes, montane grasslands and is characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. The difference between a Moorland and a Heathland is that a Heathland has been shaped by human land management. They need to be carefully managed, as they have come to support specialist wildlife and grow on infertile soil. Scotland's mountains, moors, hills and heaths cover more than 50% of our land area and extend from near sea level in the north and west to our highest mountain tops and there are six in West Dunbartonshire including Carman Muir.
Carman Muir offers habitats with oak woodland ponds and blanket bogs.
Walks through pond land with a wide range of wildlife and flora
Offers breeding and wintering birds like the Skylark, Song thrush, Snipe and Linnet.
Moorland that is wet and dry with grassland offing a range of flora