It an estate that rents out land for owned farms nearby, but the land adjacent to us is theirs and planted with trees. Apparently the intention was for it to be long term hardwood but they haven't managed it and it's in a bad state - many trees still have the protectors on and are being damaged by them, Birch have now self seeded all over the place, and the drainage on their side of the ditch is worse than on my side.
I've been told that the estate owner loves their trees, but there's no evidence of that.
The ditch is a bit odd because it starts 100m up from our boundary, and only extends about 100m beyond our border, under a road and alongside another field (though it is much steeper and isn't as affected by the ditch. I've followed the ditch to the end and when there isn't much water in it, it just disappears down a hole in the ground, but when there has been so much rain it starts to pool there. As it stands right now, I have a large marshy pond at the top of my field, saturated tracks along the low side of my field, and there is a growing pond across the road. I haven't lived here long so this is my first experience of the problem, but a Baugh our tells me that the ditch has been so full in the past that it has flooded onto the road. Considering it's only rainwater, not river, it's quite an impressive amount of water that gathers in it.then again, it has been very wet here this winter and we are seeing frequently flooded fields & roads all around - though nothing compared to other parts of the country.
I'll go have a look at SEPA and council web sites. I hadn't even thought about them as I assumed it was a private land matter.