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In anticipation of this week's government spending review, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has joined forces with twelve leading organisations to warn the government of the negative impact that potential cuts may have for nature and rural businesses.
The letter, addressed to the Food S...
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Written by Mike Swan, Senior Advisor
As a contribution to Flood Action Week, Defra and Floods Minister, Emma Hardy, are urging us to cultivate flood-resilient plants in our gardens, and on 17th October, The Independent brings us the story: “Homeowners urged to use five key plants to make gardens ...
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Written by Sue Evans, GWCT Policy Wales
As the UK Government announces a common-sense approach to environmental permitting in England, why is a common sense approach not being applied around the management of wildfires on moorland and to reversing biodiversity decline?
New common-sense approach t...
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Welsh Government introduces compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds and additional biosecurity requirements for game birds in response to avian influenza
The amended Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) came into force at midnight on Thursday 13 November.
In a statement, Welsh...
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By Mike Swan, Senior Advisor
Twenty or so years ago I struck up a slightly weird ‘friendship’ with a man who owned a few acres of woodland in Devon, where he lived in a yurt. He was not against shooting, and was positively enthusiastic about my passion for coastal wildfowling, but he hated the bi...
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What is the Black Grouse Range Expansion Project?
Why are black grouse populations declining?
How will the project help increase black grouse breeding success?
Why is the North York Moors a suitable location for re-establishing black grouse?
How will black grouse be moved to the North York Moor...
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Black grouse in the UK have declined severely in both population size and range over the past 200 years. To measure trends in numbers over time in northern England, our GWCT Uplands team counts lekking males in the spring from vantage points. To measure breeding productivity, we also count black...
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As well as providing a snapshot of the bird population on UK farms, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count aims to raise awareness of the vital role Working Conservationists such as farmers and other land managers play in helping farmland birds. This year we are enco...
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By Alex Keeble, Central England Game & Wildlife Advisor
Game cover crops this year have been a nightmare to establish and although some parts of the country have had some rain, many are continuing to struggle. Our AB9 Winter bird seed stewardship mixes at The Allerton Project are based on two...
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By Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
The UK is home to around 270 different bee species. Just one of these is the familiar honeybee, another 24 are bumblebees, and the rest are solitary species that are often overlooked or mistaken for flies or flying ants. Despite their smaller size, solitary...
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