Huge boost for blackgrouse on MOD land.
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
A new seven-year Conservation project is set to boost the bird population on the famous Otterburn moor in Northumberland.
The threatened blackgrouse population in Northumberland could be due for a change in fortune thanks to a new partnership between the Game Conservancy Trust and the Ministry of Defence, which is aiming to preserve wildlife and rare birds on the 1,458-acre Otterburn training area. Otterburn is the last remaining stronghold of blackgrouse in Northumberland, and it is hoped that the work carried out by the partnership will increase the breeding success of the birds, while also benefiting other birds such as lapwings and curlews.
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