Blogs

As we draw ever closer to leaving the European Union and reinventing our environmental schemes, much has been said about the intricate details of how much support farmers receive, where it comes from and what it rewards. Paperwork, prescription and perfect timing.

Dr. Dave Parish describes exciting times at our demonstration farm in Scotland as the wader breeding season gets in to full swing.

Waders For Real Ecologist Clive Bealey outlines the importance of monitoring the vegetation where the project is taking place.

Following a successful first Curlew Festival in 2017, Bolton Castle in Yorkshire will once again host the event from 8^th to 10^th June.

Waders for Real Project Ecologist Lizzie Grayshon describes an unusual start to the year, which has seen the team setting temporary fences in snow and fighting extreme flooding in April.

It’s that time of year again when Auchnerran starts to come alive with the sounds of various species of wading birds, all proclaiming their territorial rights and starting to breed. 

Mary Colwell discusses the importance of the GWCT's curlew recovery work.

Back in the autumn, new habitat features were created at Ellingham, a site on the Somerley Estate in the Avon River Valley. These new features will create suitable habitats for a wide range of species, with particular focus on the breeding waders and wildfowl.

Our tagged birds are doing something woodcock very rarely do – behaving as expected! Several of our tagged birds have departed over the Easter weekend and some are making very good progress.