Posted on January 21, 2019
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I haven’t posted on my blog for an embarrassingly long time now – something I will try to rectify in 2019 – however, a recent assignment on my MSc course has given me the perfect opening to get writing again! For context: I am… Continue Reading “Beavering Away on the Farm”
Category: Conservation, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: Agriculture, Aspen, Atlantic Salmon, Beaver, CAP, Castor fiber, Countryside, Debate, Ecosystem Engineer, Environment, Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Game, Habitat management, Highlands, Keystone Species, Livestock, Local, MSc, Nature, Norway, River Management, Rural, SciComm, Scotland, SNH, Stakeholder, Tayside, Vlog, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Woodland, Woods
Posted on December 9, 2017
by Megan
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*Disclaimer* So I wanted to write a post about something I came across yesterday when out hunting, but before you read further, you should be aware that this post contains photographs of a shot deer, various images of the carcass, and of the postmortem… Continue Reading “Deer Health – Jaw Compaction and Body Condition”
Category: Conservation, Deer, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, UncategorizedTags: Biology, Biosecurity, Deer, Deer Health, Deer Management, Deer stalking, Dentition, Ecology, Food, Grazing Management, Habitat management, Health, Highlands, Hunting, Integrated Land Management, Jagd, Land management, QDMA, Red deer, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Wildlife, Subsistence Hunting, Venison, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
Posted on March 22, 2017
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We’ve had a busy couple of days so far this week with our Deer Management Groups’ deer count. Finally grabbing a couple of days of decent – but still pretty choppy and snowy – flying weather, deer stalkers from within the management group gathered… Continue Reading “High Flying and Deer Counting”
Category: Conservation, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: ADMG, Culling, Deer, Deer Management, Deer stalker, Deer stalking, DMG, Ecology, Environment, Flying, Habitat Impact Assessment, Habitat management, Helicopter, Highlands, Hinds, Hunting, Nature, Outdoors, Red deer, Scotland, SNH, Stags, Surveying
Posted on May 14, 2015
by Megan
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I wrote this piece on High Nature Value farming in August 2013. It was originally written to go in The Northern Times but never went to print. I did it for the RSPB hence the emphasis on them. You can find further information on the High Nature Value Farming website.… Continue Reading “High Nature Value Farming in Durness”
Category: Conservation, Crofting, FarmingTags: Aberdeen Angus, Balnakeil, Bird watching, Cheviots, Community, Conservation, Corncrakes, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Discussion, Diversification, Durness, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Farmland waders, Great-yellow bumblebee, Habitat, Habitat management, Heritage, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Highlands, HNV, HNV farming, Holyrood, Land use, Less Favoured Areas, LFASS, Lifestyle, RSPB, RSPB Scotland, Rural, Rural Priorities, Scottish Government, Sheep, SRDP, Sutherland
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