Excellent site for red squirrel, green woodpecker, raven, buzzard, coal tit and many more.

The name Doach is a late 18th century local name for a salmon trap or weir. It is derived from the Gaelic ‘datschach’, meaning vat or tub. Today douglas fir is the dominant tree in much of the lower part of the wood. First discovered by the Scottish explorer Archibald Menzies in North America in 1791, but named after another Scot David Douglas, who sent their seed to Britain in 1825. The magnificent specimens at Doach stand over 40 metres (130 feet) high.