Tag: Scottish Natural Heritage

Capercaille report sheds new light on rare animal

Deadline News Journalist - April 21, 2015

A REPORT investigating capercaille breeding success has been published by Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish capercaillie - a huge woodland grouse - is of high...

Red deer population at “crisis point” in some areas of Scotland claim gamekeepers

Scottish News

Peter Laing - April 13, 2015

SCOTLAND’S red deer population is reaching “crisis point” because animals too weak to escape are being mercilessly killed. Gamekeepers in the north are blaming conservation...

Islanders call for increased quota for the guga hunters

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 3, 2015

ISLANDERS want an increase in the number of seabird chicks they can kill in a bid to meet demand for one of Britain’s strangest...

Campaigners claim wildcat video could scupper Saddle Hill wind farm plan

Video shows hedgehogs devouring chicks

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 20, 2015

VIDEO of hedgehogs eating baby chicks alive have been released as gruesome evidence of the need to remove the prickly mammals from a Scottish...

Six safe havens identified for Scotland’s few remaining wildcats

Scottish News

Peter Laing - November 11, 2014

SIX safe havens for Scotland’s surviving population of wildcats have been identified. As few as 35 “purebred” wildcats could be left in the wild and...

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