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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Form­al Board Paper 5, Annex 2 22 Novem­ber 2024 Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

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Annex 2: Ranger Patrol Data 2024

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ranger Service

1. Cov­er­ing the entirety of the Cairngorms Nation­al Park area, the team com­prises of: a) Coun­tryside Rangers – five full time (FT) (Per­man­ent / all year) b) Sea­son­al Rangers — 11 (9 FT, 2 PT), Apil – Octo­ber c) Train­ee Rangers – four part time (PT) June – September

Fam­ily of Ranger Services

1. 14 site-based ranger ser­vices oper­ate across the Cairngorms Nation­al Park con­sist­ing of over 50 rangers in total. These Ranger Ser­vices as well as the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ranger Team work in part­ner­ship on vari­ous aspects of ranger work includ­ing patrolling, engage­ment and edu­ca­tion activ­it­ies as well as train­ing and devel­op­ment to form the Cairngorms Nation­al Park Fam­ily of Ranger Services.

Patrol Data

1. We ask Ranger Ser­vices across the Cairngorms Nation­al Park to col­lect data whilst out patrolling across their sites. The reas­on for this is so we can mon­it­or vis­it­or pres­sures across the Park and make sure we dis­trib­ute our ranger resources appro­pri­ately. This data is then used to look at trends in vis­it­or beha­viours and activ­it­ies across dif­fer­ent sites help­ing us to iden­tity hot spots which then informs our vis­it­or infra­struc­ture planning.

2. Data is also shared with the Man­aging for Vis­it­ors Group, which con­sists of landown­ers and pub­lic bod­ies work­ing across the Park on vis­it­or man­age­ment activ­it­ies. Our data also informs nation­al groups who report dir­ectly to Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment, dur­ing the sea­son we sub­mit a red, amber green (RAG) rat­ing regard­ing vis­it­or man­age­ment pres­sures at key loc­a­tions across the Park, this is a Scot­land wide ini­ti­at­ive. More inform­a­tion on the nation­al vis­it­or man­age­ment approach can be seen at https://​www​.vis​itscot​land​.org/​a​b​o​u​t​-​u​s​/​w​h​a​t-we- do/­work­ing-in-part­ner­ship/vis­it­or-man­age­ment-plan

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Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ranger Ser­vice Patrolling Data

Patrols	Engage­ments	Neg­at­ive engage­ments	Tents	Overnight Camper­vans	Dogs on a lead	Dogs off lead	Live Fires/​BBQs	Old Fires/​BBQs	Bags lit­ter
2024	1398	6829	29	1275	1042	3925	369	225	558	1553
2023	1234	10523	71	1961	1998	3625	414	222	649	911

Part­ner Ranger Ser­vice Data

1. Ranger ser­vices in the fol­low­ing key vis­it­or hot­spot loc­a­tions reg­u­larly report back on their vis­it­or man­age­ment activ­ity through­out the sum­mer sea­son (March – Octo­ber): a) Muir of Din­net b) Mar Lodge c) Bal­mor­al d) Glen Tanar e) Rothiemurchus f) Aber­nethy g) Glen­more h) Glen Doll

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1. Not all part­ners under­take or record indi­vidu­al num­bers of patrols in the same way so the table below excludes that measure.

Engage­ments	Neg­at­ive engage­ments	Tents	Overnight Camper­vans	Dogs on a lead	Dogs off lead	Live Fires/​BBQs	Old Fires/​BBQs	Bags lit­ter
2024	24138	99	1857	5313	3911	1057	122	273	205
2023	19508	37	1301	2205	2330	794	112	88	210