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Members of the GWCT Woodcock Watch team have published an article in the May edition of British Birds. 

Natural England has now started issuing decisions in relation to applications for individual bird control licences for those circumstances which are not covered by the General Licences issued by Defra in January.

No wonder they have a day dedicated to them each year. But curlew are in dire straits. They have declined across Scotland by 61% (1995 to 2016), twice the rate in England. This is worrying as Scotland holds around 60% of the UK population or approximately a whopping 15% of the world population of this globally declining species. Something needs to be done to help them.

Footage has emerged of Bradford Council cutting heather on Baildon Moor at a time when nesting is at its peak.

We respond to a recent article written by conservationist Mick Green, which attracted a lot of attention from both journalists and the conservation organisations he accused of ‘not delivering the product they are selling’.

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