Blogs

The Ellingham Floodplain Restoration project is a holistic project that encompasses multiple species benefits. The project is managed by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust based in Fordingbridge in partnership with Somerley Estate, graziers and tenants, with funding from Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. 

The Allerton Project has a played a major role in Defra's Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP) over the past three years as one of the five research and demonstration farms in the SIP network. The wider SIP consortium has involved around thirty partners, and last week, most attended a three day conference to present results, share lessons learnt, and discuss options for the future.

TEAM GB Olympic superstars the Brownlee brothers and Peter Wilson inspired a packed audience with a fascinating talk organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) on Tuesday December 5.

We respond to a recent article on the decline in farmland bird numbers by highlighting the positive action taken by individual farmers.

SOME 30 arable and livestock farmers learnt about ways of embracing agroforestry at the Trees on Farm event at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Allerton Project, our research farm at Loddington in Leicestershire.

With the United Kingdom’s farming policy up for discussion this autumn, it is essential that we take stock of what works and what needs improvement. James Swyer explains why.

Last week saw the fourth meeting of an international collaboration working to improve farmland biodiversity across Europe. The GWCT is leading the North Sea Interreg PARTRIDGE project, a collaboration of partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

Chris Heward provides an update on Phynodderee, a woodcock tagged on the Isle of Man, who has started her autumn migration.

Jeremy Stanton, Strategic Land Development Director at Greenwoods Solicitors, explores the novel and complex subject of sub-marine land registration.

Read our letter to The Times, written in response to a recent piece by Matt Ridley on the Government’s decision to end neonic use entirely.