The report of the Lowland Deer Panel to Scottish Natural Heritage has now been published and includes seven recommendations for SNH to consider. SNH will consider the report and recommendations ‘in the round’, rather than taking the Panel’s work in isolation, and will respond fully to it later this year.
Report of the Lowland Deer Panel to SNH, February 2019
The report Lowland deer management: assessing the delivery of public interests is also available. It was compiled by SRUC to better understand approaches to Lowland deer management and is an important first step to build a complete picture of how deer are managed in lowland Scotland, including vital information on deer numbers, deer impacts on agriculture and forestry, and deer-vehicle collisions. A second phase of this project is currently being taken forward.
Lowland deer management: assessing the delivery of public interests