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The results of this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) point clearly to the success of agri-environment schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and make a strong case for government continuing to invest in farmer-led conservation, in order to meet nature recovery targets.

A survey of ground nesting birds on around 3,000 acres of moorland in north Northumberland has shown dramatic declines of iconic threatened species 10 years after predation management ceased as part of a controlled experiment spanning two decades.

More than 30 bird boxes have been installed on farms across Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire to help swifts returning for the summer find suitable places to nest.

A new sculpture unveiled in honour of the women who played part in the preparations for D-Day will also help our rare and threatened wading and coastal birds find a safe nesting site.

A new set of coins coming into circulation are highlighting the plight of several threatened species that are the focus of research carried out by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.

A new project by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is trying to find out if larger numbers of lapwing chicks can survive on farmland fallow plots if provided with more space to hide from predators and increased levels of invertebrates to feed on.

Breeding curlews are raising four times as many chicks on the UK’s grouse moors, compared to similar unmanaged moorland sites, a new peer-reviewed scientific study by the GWCT has found.

A Northumberland estate is to offer a rare opportunity for members of the public to view its conservation measures this summer. The proceeds raised will go towards funding the UK's leading wildlife research charity.

A full-day symposium examining the conservation of Scotland’s four grouse species – red grouse, black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan – is taking place on 5 May 2023 at Balhousie Castle, Perth.

In the next fortnight, thousands of farmers and land managers across the UK will be taking half an hour out to observe and record the wild birds that share their land, as the tenth GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count gets under way.