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Written by Jayna Connelly, GWCT Science Communicator
The 1st of May marked the start of 2025's No Mow May. This campaign, initiated by the conservation organisation Plantlife, encourages us not to mow our lawns during May as a way of supporting not only our country’s flora, but the wildlife that ...
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Summary: Dive into the enigmatic world of European eels as GWCT researchers employ innovative tagging techniques to decode their mysterious riverine journeys and epic migrations to the Sargasso Sea, aiming to bolster conservation efforts for this elusive species.
Eels have long fascinated scienti...
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By Holly Appleby, Species Recovery Project Assistant, Uplands Research
In northern England, black grouse breed on the moor fringe, where females, also known as greyhens, often nest in rushy pastures and rear their chicks in rough grazings and grassy habitats. Unlike red grouse, hens rear chicks w...
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Written by Ross Macleod, Head of Policy (Scotland)
The Scottish Government’s Natural Environment Bill was introduced to Holyrood in February 2025 and is aimed at protecting Scotland’s natural environment. Stage 1 debate took place on 30th October, with MSPs broadly accepting the general principle...
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Great time learning with the Fisheries research group, by Alice Jones, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation at Bournemouth University (Dorset, UK)
I had a great time volunteering with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, assisting with the smolt run trap and learning from the Fisheries research...
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Great time learning with the Fisheries research group, by Alice Jones, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation at Bournemouth University (Dorset, UK)
I had a great time volunteering with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, assisting with the smolt run trap and learning from the Fisheries research...
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By Mike Swan, Senior Advisor
One of the proudest moments of my career with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Advisory service was when my friends and clients Ian and Claire Smith of Nether Hale in Kent won the Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation in 2003. Four years earlier, with ju...
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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer England
“Action [to prepare for wildfire] cannot be delayed further. To do so will lock in more damaging impacts and threaten the delivery of other key Government objectives, such as Net Zero.”Climate Change Committee Progress in adapting to climate change...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Image courtesy of Wildlifetrusts.org
This sounds like a character from Lord of the Rings but it is actually one of the common names for the only member of the Talpa genus in the British Isles, the common (European) mole. Mouldiwarp literall...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
“The United Kingdom does not have indigenous peoples, or indigenous and local communities as understood under the Convention on Biological Diversity”[1]. Not sure what the Welsh or Scots will think of that?
Increasingly indigenous peoples a...
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