Black grouse BAP in Scotland

The Scotland Black Grouse Steering Group will be constituted in autumn 2003 and will oversee the delivery of the UK BAP in Scotland.

The secretariat to the Scotland BAP is the Game Conservancy Trust. For more information, contact Julia Hopkins, The Gillett, Forest-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle, Co Durham DL12 0HA.
Tel: 01833 622208. E-mail: jhopkins at gct.org.uk.

Local Biodiversity Action Plans
The primary purpose of LBAPs is to focus resources through local partnerships to implement conservation action for the priority habitats and species and locally important wildlife and sites. The content of the LBAPs are informed and guided by national priorities and targets, but seek to reflect the values of local people and provide a focus for local initiatives.
Ten LBAPs in Scotland feature black grouse as a priority species:

Argyll & Bute. Contact point: Marina Curran-Colthart

Ayrshire (North, East and South). Contact point: Morven Buchanan at North Ayrshire Council

Dumfries & Galloway. Contact point: Peter Norman

East Dunbartonshire. Contact point: Judith Pollock

East Lothian. Contact point: Stuart Macpherson

Edinburgh. Contact point: Susan Steel and Caroline Peacock

Falkirk. Contact point: Anna Perks and Caroline Peacock

Northeast Scotland. Contact point: Justin Prigmore

South Lanarkshire. Contact point: Scott Riddell

Stirling. Contact point: Chris Waddell

More details about the Black Grouse SBAP will be published here soon.

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