Database

Reduce the number of small predators

Habitat	Function	Type of work
Forest	Living environment	Thinning, Hedgerow restoration, Building restoration, Stone wall maintenance and restoration, Drainage, Clear-cutting, Creation of green / wildlife corridors, Forest regeneration, Creation of burned areas, Grassland management, General, Bark beetle control, Fertilization, Pre-commercial thinning, Water bodies management, Establishment of riparian buffer strips, Preambul

Preserving and creating habitats for wetland species ensures greater biodiversity.

Description of the action

To enhance the safety of ground- and canopy-nesting birds (e.g., capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse), collaborate with hunters to control small predators, especially martens and foxes.

Why?

The pine marten is a major predator of game bird eggs, sometimes destroying up to 95% of eggs. To increase game bird populations, it is important to keep pine marten numbers low.