Capercailzie

The capercailzie or capercailȝie (Tetrao urogallus) is the muckle maist member o the groose faimily. Kye is bein uised for tae impruive the  capercaillze's habitat in the wids bi cowpin the grund and trampin the heather doun for tae gie the blaeberry scowth tae growe. The capercaillie chickies eats the wee beasties that bides on the blaeberries.

In 2022, a report bi NatureScot scienteefic advisory committee wis concerned that the bird wis facin' extinction. This wis said tae bi in the maist pairt frae the tods, craws an mairtens wha eat the chickies an eggs. The report wis walcomit bi Lorna Slater, MSP, the Meenister fir biodiversity in the Scots govrenment wha said that the capercailizie wis a 'magnificent' burd an it wis an 'iconic' species fir Scotland an askit that pairtners should work thegither tae 'reverse these declines'.

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Category:Birds o Europe
Category:Grouse
Category:Megafauna o Eurasie
Category:Tetraonidae
Category:Birds o Ukraine