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Before commencing parasite management, it is important to know what levels of worms are present in grouse. Strongyle worms should be counted from a sample of 20 adult grouse randomly selected from those shot, preferably in August and again at the end of the shooting season.
Worm counts can either...
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Deployment
A lattice of grit sites should be established across the moor, whose frequency broadly relates to the grouse pair density in spring, i.e. a grit station in each territory. Grit sites should be either marked, using sections of alkathene pipe or small posts, or the grid reference of each...
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February saw the eighth annual Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, with record numbers of participants taking part across the UK.
In Scotland, 117 farmers took part and recorded 93 species across more than 98,000 acres – a 45% increase in partic...
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Our inaugural GAME Scotland conference, held at Perth Racecourse on 29 March, attracted 87 keen attendees. Scottish chairman David Noble welcomed our guests and senior advisor Hugo Straker introduced and chaired the day’s presentations:
Dr Adam Smith’s opening talk highlighted the importance of...
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Cynnal Coetir (Maintaining Woodland in Welsh) is a broad-spectrum project covering an area of 23,000 hectares in North East Wales. The project revolves around a population of fallow deer centred around the Elwy Valley river catchment and the associated impacts of said population on rare assemblie...
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Key findings
Migration strategy – a series of long, fast flights of 600-1,100km (375-690 miles), broken up by stops en route typically lasting at least 10 days.
Departure times – typically mid-March to early April from winter sites, late September to late October from breeding sites.
Mixing of m...
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Sue Jardine Paterson was the lucky winner of the Donside Big Four raffle which was drawn on Saturday afternoon. Sue, who lives in Auchterarder, said “I’ve never won more than a bottle of sherry in the church Christmas raffle so I’m thrilled to win this while helping to ...
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