Capercaillie Emergency Plan 2025 - 2030 - Flipbook - Page 37
Actions by 2030
1. Scope the potential to research the impact of disturbance on productivity to
build an evidence base and help inform future management measures.
2. Within the priority areas for managing recreational disturbance outlined in
the Active Cairngorms Action Plan, identify target areas in which to reduce
the impact of disturbance on capercaillie and work with land managers to
implement site-specific actions in those areas.
3. Evaluate the pilot campaign delivered in Boat of Garten during the 2024
breeding season by the Cairngorms Capercaillie Project which aimed to
reduce the impact of disturbance by dogs.
4. Use the learning from the pilot campaign in Boat of Garten to develop and
deliver a ÔDog friendly Cairngorms where wildlife can thriveÕ programme of
work, including supporting communities to create and develop dog walking
spaces to meet the needs of dogs and reduce pressure around lek sites and
known brood rearing areas, and build knowledge and support by
developing an active community of dog owners with information and
understanding at its heart.
5. Continue to support the Badenoch and Strathspey and Aberdeenshire Trail
Associations in delivering and developing their respective Mountain Biking
Recreation Management Plans created as part of the Cairngorms
Capercaillie Project to reduce the impact of disturbance by mountain biking.
6. Continue to deliver the Lek It Be campaign to encourage birdwatchers,
photographers and commercial operators to not look for capercaillie and
promote adherence to the law during the breeding season.
7. Develop standard messaging and proactive comms as part of the Lek It Be
campaign to reduce disturbance to rogue males and tame hens.
8. Continue to support Lek It Be Champions (commercial operators that have
volunteered not to look for capercaillie) to enable them to excel in their role
as champions of good practice.
9. Support the Scottish Orienteering Association and local orienteering clubs
through a programme of information sharing and in person meetings to
reduce the impact of disturbance from orienteering activities.
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