Capercaillie Emergency Plan 2025 - 2030 - Flipbook - Page 34
7. Produce and launch new good practice guidance to replace the 2012 ÔFence
marking to reduce grouse collisionsÕ. Include new and updated information to
ensure a consistent approach across all capercaillie areas regards deer and
stock fencing.
8. Promote the new good practice guidance to forest managers, fencing
contractors, woodland agents and all relevant agency staff and departments.
Measures of success
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All unmarked fencing within 5km of active lek sites removed or marked.
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Less fencing in core capercaillie areas.
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All new woodland expansion plans favour establishment through herbivore
management and removing redundant fences.
Partners (alongside the Park Authority and NatureScot)
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Scottish Forestry
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Land managers in core capercaillie areas
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RSPB
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Volunteer Cairngorms
Key points on current feasibility and delivery
1. A team of trained Fence Monitoring Volunteers, recruited by the Cairngorms
Capercaillie Project, can check and record the status of fences in the field
using a dedicated app. The volunteers, their equipment, app and training
programme are now managed through Volunteer Cairngorms with support
from the RSPB.
2. The fence inventory created by the Cairngorms Capercaillie Project is
available on Arc GIS and is currently hosted and maintained by the RSPB.
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