Documentary Series award winner : "A fresh approach to a rural tradition", portfolio by Mark Hamblin. A female hen harrier returns to its nest with a young grouse chick. Harriers and other moorland raptors can heavily reduce grouse stocks during the breeding season, which inevitably brings them into direct conflict with game shooting interests. An alternative approach to try to reduce the impact of grouse predation by harriers is to provide them with another food source. On Glen Tanar Estate during the 2011 season the single pair of breeding harriers were provided with chunks of venison that the female took to feed her chicks, which resulted in a reduction in the number of grouse taken

Photograph: Mark Hamblin/BWPA