They also support a number of threatened and endangered bird species like the capercaillie, the osprey, and the ptarmigan. |
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Birdwatchers come to Scotland to spot golden and sea eagles, the rare and large-billed Scottish crossbill, and the rare capercaillie. |
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Of course the capercaillie must be saved, but what about other indigenous Scottish species facing extinction? |
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Some animals, such as red squirrels and capercaillie, suffered from swiddening as well as the felling of timber in general. |
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They return at dusk with an arctic fox and a large capercaillie that Gallina cooks for dinner. |
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The well-supported plan to save the capercaillie has this predator control as a central tenet. |
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I am pleased that at long last the Executive seems to recognise that it is a very effective predator of the capercaillie. |
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The saving of the capercaillie, which Peter calls the icon of the Scottish pine woods, is high on their list of priorities. |
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Wolf, roe deer and wild boar roam these mountains and in the spring the capercaillie, king of the forest, screams his mating call. |
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Kevin tells of dropping off a group of climbers for some ice training in the Cairngorms before showing an 80-year-old man his first capercaillie. |
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This has led to spontaneous colonisation of these areas by scrub and to a loss of black grouse and capercaillie habitat. |
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The capercaillie is often referred to as an indicator species of healthy old forest communities in montane and boreal ecosystems. |
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Further south are vast forests where hazel grouse and capercaillie occur. |
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Alpine birds include the black grouse, the golden eagle, and, more rarely, the capercaillie, or wood grouse. |
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To hear a capercaillie, the UK's largest and shyest black grouse, is lucky. |
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The fauna of Os Ancares includes some endangered species, such as the capercaillie, the bear and the marten. |
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In its central European strongholds, the capercaillie has been a traditional element of local folklore until the present day. |
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The second project focuses the Scottish capercaillie, whose numbers have plummeted to only 1,000 individuals in recent years. |
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Since the 1970s, capercaillie hunting has been restricted or banned in all western and central European countries. |
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During the past decades, increasing standing timber volumes throughout central Europe were paralleled by declining capercaillie numbers. |
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Noteworthy species are moose, wolf, lynx, otter, imperial eagle, peregrine falcon, capercaillie, corncrake, and European bog turtle. |
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In central Europe, the capercaillie has received particular attention as a highly-valued hunting trophy. |
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The use of timber and fuel wood should be promoted to finance the costs of habitat improvement measures for capercaillie. |
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They include pine marten, wildcat, stoat and weasel as well as golden eagles, merlin, peregrine falcon, golden plover and in time black grouse and capercaillie. |
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And if you want to do something really unusual, you can go after the mysterious capercaillie, the black grouse-like bird that is also native to Scotland. |
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The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the crossbill, the capercaillie, the dotterel and black grouse. |
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We have the capercaillie and golden eagle as icons of Scotland and people associate more closely with these birds, which are more common but not endemic. |
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They awaken emotions and furthermore, it is much easier to identify with a capercaillie or a rock ptarmigan than with a mushroom or an insect, even if the latter are much more endangered. |
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Some of the species that live in the environment and can be observed are uncommon birds such as the lammergeyer, the capercaillie, and the Bonelli eagle. |
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Male and female western capercaillie can easily be differentiated by their size and colouration. |
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Thus, the western capercaillie never had particularly high densities, despite the legends that hunters may speculate about. |
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The forest is home to the endangered capercaillie and endemic Scottish crossbill. |
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Rila National Park is a refuge for local fauna, such as suslik, rock partridges, chamois, capercaillie, chough, accentor, wall creeper, owls, bats, and martens. |
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Additionally, western capercaillie have two appendixes which grow very long in winter. |
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During the short winter days the western capercaillie feeds almost constantly and produces a pellet nearly every 10 minutes. |
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A traditional gamebird, the capercaillie has been widely hunted with guns and dogs throughout its territory in central and northern Europe. |
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When he pauses to shoot a male western capercaillie taking advantage of his apparent numbness, she scares away the bird. |
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The Italian Bersaglieri light infantry regiments wear a distinctive wide brimmed hat decorated with black capercaillie feathers. |
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Bird species are represented by capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse, spotted nutcracker, and cuckoos. |
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Responses by the capercaillie Tetrao urugallus, and the willow grouse Lagopus lagopus, to the green matter available in early spring. |
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Other species of grouse include the ptarmigan, found only at higher elevations, and the large capercaillie, which has been reintroduced into Scotland's pine woodlands. |
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Birds include the golden eagle, lesser spotted eagle, red kite, northern hobby, buzzard, eagle owl, a few species of owls, black grouse, capercaillie and hazel grouse. |
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The Park, protected since 1988, treasures a most important amount of beerch and oak woods, where endangered species such as the Brown Bear, the otter, the capercaillie and the Golden Eagle live. |
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In central Europe, capercaillie abundance was highest at times when human land-use practices, e.g. collection of forest litter and cattle grazing, favoured open forest structures. |
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The western capercaillie lives on a variety of food types, including buds, leaves, berries, insects, grasses and in the winter mostly conifer needles. |
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Some subspecies, such as Attwater's prairie chicken and the Cantabrian capercaillie, and some national and regional populations are also in danger. |
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In 1996 he contributed four songs to the solo album of Capercaillie vocalist Karen Matheson, including the title track The Dreaming Sea. |
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Scottish folk group Capercaillie and Irish singer Maranna McCloskey will close the entertainment on Sunday. |
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The Western Capercaillie has suffered rapid population declines during recent decades. |
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Oh, and Billy Kirkwood, his comedy is hilarious and Capercaillie for something a bit folkier. |
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The Capercaillie, also known as the Wood Grouse, is the largest member of the grouse family and is renowned for its mating display. |
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From the 1980s Capercaillie combined Scottish folk music, electric instruments and haunting vocals to considerable success. |
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Two of the most successful groups of the 1980s that emerged from this dance band circuit were Runrig and Capercaillie. |
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