Ward 4 - Stirling North

The Stirling North ward includes the settlements of Causewayhead, Riverside, Raploch, Blairlogie and Cornton.

The Pollinator Action Plan is intended to be one of the main pillars in Stirling's effort to tackle the climate crisis head-on, remodelling the way the Council manages greenspaces in order to help wildflowers flourish and support the lives of bees and other pollinators.

Pollinators such as bees and butterflies are a vital part of our ecosystem and are responsible for pollinating the crops that provide the food we eat, but worryingly they are in decline.

The Pollinator Action Plan would promote a single annual cut in early Autumn and where possible adopt a cut and collect method of grass management.

A cut and collect regime will be a vital part of the new ecological approach to improve the biodiversity value of grassland. The nitrogen in grass clippings, when left on site, fertilises the grass which grows back more vigorously. If the clippings are collected and removed, the grass weakens and the flowers flourish, helping to establish automatic pollinator corridors throughout the greenspace.

A map showing all grass areas maintained by Stirling Council can be viewed by following this link; https://arcg.is/01ajKC

The information shown on the map is for guidance only.