Blogs

Find out how you can do your best to get birds through the winter hungry gap.

We're launching a unique software programme that makes it easier for farmers to record and access their precious long-term farmland bird data

The Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, West Sussex and Thetford events are selling out fast.

Jim Egan, GWCT Head of Training looks ahead to the 2017 Big Farmland Bird Count.

We recognise the issues raised in the State of Nature Report and we firmly believe that the solution lies in helping farmers to deliver a better environment alongside profitable businesses. We shouldn’t forget that there is a considerable amount of good work already being done, and we need to help farmers build on this.

The winner of this year's Big Farmland Bird Count competition receives her prize - a fantastic pair of Swarovski binoculars worth £1,310.

Take a look at the pictures shared on Twitter by some of those who took part in the 2016 Big Farmland Bird Count.

Guest blog by Yorkshire farmer Fraser Hugill, who hosted a farmland ID day and completed the count.

Tim Breitmeyer is a Cambridgeshire farmer and Deputy President of the CLA. 

Ahead of the Big Farmland Bird Count next week, Patrick highlights the inseparable link between farming practices and thriving bird populations.