Staff from Scottish Native Woods carry out a range of woodland-related tasks. One of our areas of interests is in management for capercaillie. In Highland Perthshire, we have been carrying out capercaillie lek counts this past few years on behalf of the Forestry Commision and private owners. Caper counting involves going out to known lek sites just before dawn, listening for the distinctive "clicking & popping" call of the males, and trying to count them.
This shot was taken at 5.10am this morning as it was getting light. There is a period of waiting and listening until it is light enough to see what is going on. On this occasion, this was a marginal lek site, and there was nothing present today, and, sadly, after an hour or so of searching, no real sign of any droppings either. Hopefully, that will change tomorrow. This site is within our TWCP area, and indicates the range of interesting species present, all of which are inter-connected to a certain degree. The exact location is not disclosed.
For more background information on our work, please link to Tay Western Catchments Project.
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