Documents

Monitoring Path Use (Paths of All)
This factsheet describes the uses of count data and methods of collecting it. It also describes some of the automatic counters available.

Links

Guidance on Monitoring Access and Recreation at Sensitive Natural Heritage Sites (SNH)
Downloadable manual providing a practical toolkit to help those tasked with managing people in the outdoors, plan, develop, design and implement an effective visitor monitoring strategy, and to assess and interpret gathered information and evaluate the strategy.

Management for People – Monitoring (Scottish Natural Heritage)
The Management for People system and toolkit is for anyone responsible for looking after a countryside or heritage site.

Monitoring Access and Recreation at Sensitive Natural Heritage Sites (Scottish Natural Heritage)
Downloadable manual providing advice and practical guidance to help site managers plan and implement the survey / monitoring of access and recreation at sensitive sites. The six-step methodology presented in the advice is designed to encourage a consistent approach to establishing a monitoring strategy, the results of which will help managers make informed decisions.