RSPB Scotland has urged NatureScot to take action regarding the release of gamebirds on, or adjacent to, capercaillie Special Protection Areas (SPAs).  In a series of emails last summer the RSPB suggested that the release of gamebirds could be a contributory factor to the capercaillie crisis. In one, the RSPB told NatureScot it was “increasingly...

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