The main objective of this project is to have a sufficient number of tagged females that can be used to locate clutches and be removed to form part of the captive stock of the Ex-situ Conservation Program.

The main objective of this project is to have a sufficient number of tagged females that can be used to locate clutches and be removed to form part of the captive stock of the Ex-situ Conservation Program.

In order to achieve the objectives indicated, the following actions will be carried out:

• Search, capture and radiotagging of capercaillie specimens in the Autonomous Community of Asturias.
• Search, capture and radiotagging of capercaillie specimens in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.
• Search, capture and radio-tagging of capercaillie specimens in the Autonomous Community of Cantabria, if requested by its Administration.
• Monitoring of radiotagged specimens.
• Removal of clutches of radio-tagged specimens, where appropriate.
• Image recording.
• Scientific advice.
• Support for the Autonomous Communities involved.