Researchers have filled fake nests with chicken eggs as part of a trial designed to help save the 500 capercaillie left in the UK. Capercaillie eggs and chicks are predated by pine martens, which are also a protected species.  Over an eight-week trial the University of Aberdeen team placed deer meat near the artificial nests...

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