Dr Kathy Fletcher

“without predator control less than 20% of breeding birds were able to raise their young”

“We had a nine-year project that looked at what happened on sites where we reduced the level of predators and compared it with sites with higher levels of predators”

“we found that when we had lower levels of predators the birds were breeding much better with about three‑times higher breeding success”

“More than 50% of breeding pairs were able to successfully raise their young when predator controls, traditionally the preserve of gamekeepers, were in place”

“without predator control less than 20% of breeding birds were able to raise their young.”

“We had a nine-year project that looked at what happened on sites where we reduced the level of predators and compared it with sites with higher levels of predators,”

“We found that when we had lower levels of predators the birds were breeding much better with about three-times higher breeding success.”