Restoring and Enhancing Carlingwark Loch
Loch Ken Trust have recently been working on this project thanks to funding received from Inspiring Scotland’s Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund.
The Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund seeks to inspire, encourage, and enable communities to explore and deliver ambitious ecosystem restoration projects locally. It also seeks to raise awareness about the importance of local ecosystem restoration and address barriers faced by community-led efforts.
This Fund is supported by the Carman Family Foundation, the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, which is managed by NatureScot, and others. Inspiring Scotland is administering this funding.
This project has involved a water quality and an invasive non- native species survey of Carlingwark Loch, carried out by Galloway Fisheries Trust.
The project also involved surveys and the creation of a baseline habitat report with further recommendations for the enhancement of Carlingwark Loch, carried out by students from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), as part of a student project. Please see link to the final report below
Carlingwark Habitat Report 2025
We would like to thank the funders, the community and everyone involved in this project.
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