PUTTING down food near capercaillie eggs to draw away predators could help save it from extinction, says a study.
It is believed there are only about 500 of the ground-nesting birds left in the wild in the UK and its decline has been partly blamed on predators such as pine marten eating their eggs and chicks.
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