Tag Archives: Deer Management Group

Deer Management on the Assynt peninsula

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

Nationally and internationally important woodlands on northwest Sutherland’s Assynt peninsula are being seriously damaged by high numbers of grazing red deer. Over several years now our attempts to get the key landowners to agree a plan to manage the deer … Continue reading →

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Deer count from the air

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

Jamie Hammond is a Deer Management Officer for Scottish Natural Heritage. One of the more dramatic tasks he works on is helicopter-based census work. It’s a tried and trusted way to accurately count deer, and here he reveals a little … Continue reading →

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