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01-03-2013 08:42 AM
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Scotland’s birdlife the victim of stock decline
There has been a major erosion of livestock in the hills and remote areas of the country since subsidies linked to numbers of cattle and sheep were removed a decade ago.
As a result of the 16 per cent drop in livestock numbers in that period in less favoured areas (LFAs), ranker grasses, rush, scrub and bracken have taken over great swathes of former grazing ground.
As a result of the 16 per cent drop in livestock numbers in that period in less favoured areas (LFAs), ranker grasses, rush, scrub and bracken have taken over great swathes of former grazing ground.
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