Letter: Blame the sheep
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir: Duff Hart-Davis reports the findings of the Langholm report Birds of Prey and Red Grouse, recently launched in Edinburgh. On Langholm as soon as the raptors received their proper legal protection they increased, the red grouse failed to peak and in a season when 2,000-4,000 might be expected to be shot there were fewer than 100 bagged. Conversion of heather to grass encourages the small birds, particularly meadow pipits, and small mammals that the harriers eat and makes conditions for the red grouse worse.
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