Roy Dennis - Highland Cows and Capercaillies

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Mark Stephen meets conservationist Roy Dennis to explore an innovative project in Moray, where the introduction of Highland cows to a wooded landscape is helping to restore Scotland's capercaillie population.

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0:51.0	What's the connection between Highland cows,
0:53.7	the big orange shaggy things with long horns, and caper cailly?
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