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By Mike Short, Head of Predation Control Studies
After two consecutive years of intensive curlew nest monitoring in the New Forest, it’s now clear that foxes pose the greatest threat to curlew nest survival in our study area. Of the 41 curlew nests monitored with cameras in 2021 and 2022, 25 fail...
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The article “The grouse, the gamekeepers and the ethics of the shoot” (HTSI, October 21) rightly mentions the economic and conservation value of grouse management. However, it risks giving a false impression of driven grouse shooting as an environmentally destructive practice that harms wildlife...
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A full day ‘in-person’ symposium examining the conservation of Scotland’s four grouse species – red grouse, black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan - is taking place on 5 May 2023 at Balhousie Castle, Perth.
This stimulating event, ‘Practical Conservation for Scotland’s Grouse species’, is to be...
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The main issues and threats facing Scotland’s four iconic grouse species and the vital role they play in the biodiversity of our woodlands and uplands are the subject of a symposium taking place at Balhousie Castle, Perth, on Friday 5 May 2023 organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Tr...
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By Jude Dingham-Price, former Scottish Demonstration Farm Placement Student
The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) is a truly magnificent species, one that almost seems too significant and primeval to occur in the small remaining pockets of Caledonian pine forests in the 21st century. The small, dec...
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Your report on the Alaskan beaver invasion (News, Jul 1) highlights the importance of us agreeing an effective control plan before encouraging these amazing wildlife engineers to repopulate Britain’s waterways. Latvia, who reintroduced them 50 years ago, keep their beaver population of 120,...
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Now that the shooting season is over, many gamekeepers in the uplands are able to dedicate more time again to the condition of their grouse populations. February and March is the ideal time for assessing the infestation with strongyle worms and adjusting the administration of medicated grit acco...
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We’re pleased to announce that our 2022 Grand Grouse Draw is now open. Don’t miss your chance to win an unbelievable prize – a day’s driven grouse shooting for 8 guns at the Burncastle Estate in the stunning Lammermuir hills, plus a night’s accommodation for 16 guests.
The draw closes on 24th Ja...
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Written by Dave Baines, Director of Upland Research
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Photo credit: Laurie Campbell
The red grouse has a diet almost exclusively of ling heather. The nematode worm tenuis, the causative agent of the disease Trichostrongylus strongylosis, is widespread in red grouse and high levels of...
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