Protecting and enhancing the Isle of Seil’s biodiversity; repairing important habitats that have been lost or are under threat and generating and sharing information in order to tell Seil’s unique environmental story.
Hypocreopsis rhododendri, the hazel gloves fungus, is a priority species on the Scottish Biodiversity List. It is Nationally Scarce and mostly found on hazel in Atlantic hazelwoods and examples of this iconic fungus can be seen in several locations on Seil.