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You can reduce the chance of woodland grouse colliding with stock fences by marking the fence to make it more visible.

This capital item is only available in black grouse and capercaillie core areas. These areas are defined and updated by the Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Groups for these species and you can get maps from Scottish Forestry, Scottish Natural Heritage or the Royal Society for Protection of Birds.

You can find further details on the specifications, including diagrams, in the Forestry Commission Technical Note FCTNO19: Fence Marking to Reduce Grouse Collisions (2012).