IMPORTANT NEWS
RED DEER STALKING - taking place all week including weekends

We would like to thank all those members of the hill walking fraterniity who helped us by working responsibly with the advice on deer stalking and conservation which the Estate provides. This allowed us to complete our work and to continue to provide local employment.

Going forward, we are still stalking until 14 Feb 08, we put up notices daily on the gate and in the car park at Invervar when that is taking place. We contiune to provide a wide range of pertinenent advice to allow for responsible decision making.

At all times please stick with the recommended route on the high tops so as to minimise disturbance to game and animals and ground nesting birds, who tend to be present in and live in the corries, which should be avoided.

Please see our Conservation Leaflet on the web site. Again, thank you for your help during the season and going forward into the summer. Please phone if you would like more advice.

Chesthill Estate

Chesthill Estate is a small family estate run along traditional lines. Its core activities are sheep and cattle farming, salmon and trout fishing and red and roe deer stalking, which combine together throughout the year to provide a sustainable programme. Directly and indirectly the estate underwrites several families and numerous individuals who manage the various aspects of this diverse business in this fragile area of Scotland.

The estate provides a number of facilities to the public (for which there is no payment), these being a picnic site and a car park at Invervar for a maximum of eight cars to allow managed hill walking to take place.

Central to the ethos of the Estate is its commitment to improving all aspects of conservation. The current owners have invested heavily in environmental programmes involving stock exclusions and the planting of small and large deciduous and native woodlands. A biodiversity plan has been developed and will provide the way forward for further work. This includes the management of access and hill walking aimed at reducing the adverse impacts of those activities on conservation and estate programmes.

Chesthill provides the full range of traditional sporting activity in season and has further developed other activities as a means of diversifying its economic portfolio.An Events and Activities Company provides on and off farm clay pigeon shooting and supporting events. In support of the community the estate underwrites the local shooting club which meets throughout the year.

Click here to download the Chesthill Conservation Leaflet PDF - 2MB