The capercaillie is a native species that became extinct in Britain in the mid-18th Century but were reintroduced in Perthshire in 1837.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the National Park and NatureScot announced an emergency plan to boost numbers in the Cairngorms. <\/p>\n
Breeding male capercaillies have increased by by 50% since 2020, but numbers had declined as a result of habitat loss, eggs being eaten and the birds flying into deer fences.<\/p>\n
A visitor centre which runs guided trips to see free-ranging reindeer in the area said that the animals had been let out onto the mountains, adding “they are not close to the fire and will keep themselves safe”.<\/p>\n
Ross Ewing, from Scottish Land and Estates, said the incident was “clearly serious and fast-moving” and urged members of the public to keep routes clear for emergency vehicles.<\/p>\n
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.<\/p>\n
Staff at Glenmore Outdoor Centre, which is near the blaze, asked people not to travel to the area. <\/p>\n
They said: “Follow official advice from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and be patient with staff while the ongoing situation is managed appropriately.”<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Cairngorms National Park Authority said the fire was “deeply concerning”.<\/p>\n
They added: “This incident \u2013 alongside wildfires we are seeing across the UK this week \u2013 serves as a stark reminder of the risks that periods of drier, hotter weather can pose.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The capercaillie is a native species that became extinct in Britain in the mid-18th Century but were reintroduced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-694576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}