BIODIVERSITY minister Lorna Slater has welcomed an increase in reported sightings of Scotland’s “iconic” mountain hares since the species gained protected status last year.
A report released this week details the findings of a survey jointly overseen by NatureScot, the British Trust for Ornithology, the Mammal Society, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and the James Hutton Institute, during which “volunteer citizen scientists” used the free smartphone app "Mammal Mapper" to record sightings of the animals.
