To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each forest in the Forestry Commission Inverness district for each year from 1990 (a) the culling targets for red and roe deer, (b) the numbers of red and roe deer actually culled and (c) the estimates of the red and roe deer populations.
[holding answer 17 May 1993]: The information is as follows:
Red deer
| Roe deer
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Forest
| Predicted
| Actual
| Predicted
| Actual
|
Year to 31 March 1993
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| Culloden | 40 | 52 | 90 | 74 |
| Glenmore | 66 | 5l | 35 | 23 |
| Inshriach | 77 | 95 | 80 | 73 |
| Lael | 20 | 35 | 5 | 5 |
| Torrachilty/Black Isle | 120 | 141 | 20 | 15 |
| Total | 323 | 374 | 230 | 190 |
Estimated populations of red and roe deer in Inverness forest district in May each year
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1990
| 1991
| 1992
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Forest
| Red 1
| Roe
| Red 1
| Roe
| Red 1
| Roe
|
| Culloden | 60 | 270 | 80 | 300 | 70 | 300 |
| Glenmore | 110 | 150 | 100 | 130 | 90 | 130 |
| Inshriach | 150 | 300 | 150 | 250 | 150 | 200 |
| Lael | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Torrachilty/Black Isle | 400 | 170 | 350 | 150 | 300 | 120 |
| Total | 740 | 910 | 700 | 850 | 630 | 770 |
1 The population of red deer in a forest will vary considerably during the year as the deer move from the open hill to the forest and back again. The numbers in the forest in the winter are likely to be much higher than the above population estimates made in May each year. | ||||||