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Information on capercaillie distribution collected during the 'Productivity of breeding Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus at sites across their Scottish range

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Citation

NatureScot (2023). Information on capercaillie distribution collected during the 'Productivity of breeding Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus at sites across their Scottish range. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4pp3uv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Records of capercaillie collected during the project. Sex and brood size is also recorded.

Purpose

Sampling Description

Quality Control

There is high confidence in the data which was collected by experienced ecologists and dog handlers for a specific project.

Method steps

  1. Pre-determined areas within forests were surveyed using experienced dog handlers with a pair of trained pointing dogs wearing global positioning system (GPS) or beeper collars. The locations of capercaillie were recorded using handheld GPS and plotted on 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey maps with the age and sex class of each individual.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Selected forests were surveyed across Perthshire, Strathspey, Deeside, Donside and Easter Ross. Exact eastings and northings are given for each record.

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Contacts

originator
NatureScot
metadata author
NatureScot
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Colin McLeod
administrative point of contact
email: Colin.McLeod@nature.scot
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