Leaky dams, often referred to as natural flood management barriers, are small, man-made structures built from locally sourced materials such as timber, branches, and stone. Unlike conventional dams, they are not intended to stop water entirely.
As part of our wider Muir to Forth project our restoration of the John Muir Country Park by Dunbar has kicked off this month.
Across much of the Scottish countryside hedgerows are such a familiar feature that they can go almost unnoticed.
Snowdrops are currently a common sight across our East Lothian landscape at the current time, a sign that winter is loosening its grip and spring is on its way.
If you have walked around the base of Berwick Law recently, you would have noticed large areas where extensive clumps of gorse have been cut back.
Balanced Horizon, in partnership with East Lothian Climate Hub, is taking on the role of local facilitator for a new national programme called ‘Farm Cluster Connections’.
Mike Thornton has recently joined the Balanced Horizon team as a full-time Senior Landscape Ecologist for our Muir to Forth programme.
Travelling through East Lothian today, the landscape feels timeless: a fertile rolling coastal plain of largely arable fields rising southwards to rising foothills and the higher moorland of the Lammermuirs and Moorfoots.
