The RSPB said about 300 hectares of its reserve at Loch Garten, Abernethy, had been burned and teams were still working to contain the fire.<\/p>\n
The charity said there was “a huge community effort” to halt the spread with gamekeepers and other staff from neighbouring estates.<\/p>\n
There had been concerns for capercaillie – large woodland grouse – that have recently been spotted around Ryvoan.<\/p>\n
Parts of Scotland remain at very high risk of wildfire over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The SFRS, in conjunction with the Scottish Wildfire Forum, issued warnings for the central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland.<\/p>\n
The alert lasts until Monday following days of hot and dry weather in many parts of the country.<\/p>\n
SFRS area Commander Lynne Gow said: “We want people to enjoy the outdoors safely, but during periods of heightened wildfire risk we are asking everyone to act responsibly and avoid the use of naked flames.<\/p>\n
“Wildfires can develop rapidly, spread unpredictably and have devastating consequences for communities, wildlife and the environment. <\/p>\n
“By taking simple precautions, everyone can play a part in helping prevent further incidents.”<\/p>\n
If you see a large outdoor fire, call 999 immediately. Give the location and any other relevant information so fire crews can respond quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RSPB said about 300 hectares of its reserve at Loch Garten, Abernethy, had been burned and teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-697498","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\/697498","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=697498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}