Metabarcoding-based dietary analysis of hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) in Great Britain using buccal swabs from chicks

• Published in: Conservation Genetics
• Main Authors: Nota, Kevin, Downings, Stephen, Iyengar, Arati
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: Forensic science; Hen; Circus cyaneus
• Online Access: http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/29579/; http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/29579/1/29579%2010.1007_s10592-019-01215-y.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01215-y

The hen harrier is a heavily persecuted bird of prey in Great Britain since its diet includes Red grouse, a game bird shot in driven and walked-up grouse shooting. Unlike walked-up shooting where shooters walk up moors and flush grouse with dogs, in driven grouse shooting the grouse are driven by be...