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BBC Radio Scotland looks at wader research at Auchnerran

Wader breeding season is in full swing at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s demonstration farm in Aberdeenshire and lapwing, oystercatcher and curlew chicks are hatching across the fields. Out of Doors presenter Mark Stephen last visited the farm back in January to find out about the ...

Farming and fisheries conference

World Shorebirds Day: Shorebirds covered by GWCT research

The GWCT carries out research on a number of shorebirds and waders. From studies of the migration routes of snipe, lapwing and curlew, to the monitoring of nesting habits of lapwing in wet meadows and arable fields, to developing new techniques to protect them from predators. Our Gravelly Shores ...

Salmon coin leaps to rarest list, just like the fish it depicts

GWCT Patron, His Majesty King Charles III’s new 50p coin adorned with a wild Atlantic salmon has officially become the rarest and most collectible at a time when wild salmon numbers are the lowest on record.   Only 200,000 of the Atlantic Salmon 50p coins have been released to UK banks and post ...

Integral integration at farming & fisheries conference

GWCT fisheries team in action for SAMARCH

GWCT Fisheries scientists appear on the BBC

Auchnerran Annual Report 2020

Podcast: Auchnerran Annual Report

Environment Agency visits GWCT Fisheries team