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Deer Management on the Assynt peninsula
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
Posted in biodiversity, Community engagement, Land management, Protected Areas, trees, Uncategorized, wildlife management, woodlands
Tagged Ardvar woodlands, Assynt, biodiversity, conservation, deer management, Deer Management Group, Highland, nature, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Sutherland, Wildlife, woodlands
Deer count from the air
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
Posted in photography, Projects
Tagged BBC Scotland Landward, Deer Management Group, Landward, photography from the air, Red deer
