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Increasing food and bees >
The importance of different crops for supporting bird life >
Weeds in arable fields could help declining insect populations >
How is the activity of different bat species affected by agri-environment schemes? >
Managing pesticide contamination in surface wa...
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New tracking technologies have given researchers clearer insight into sea trout smolt survival during their outward migration and adult behaviour whilst at sea.
Using acoustic tags and data storage tags, scientists tracked hundreds of sea trout in three rivers and their estuaries that...
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Skylark
A well-known species in literature, poetry, art and music, the skylark hardly needs an introduction. Best known for its display flight, vertically up in the air.
It is that time of year when the Walled Garden, where Research and Advisory is stationed at GWCT HQ, falls a little quiet, as b...
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Sika deer
The years seem to shoot past quicker each year. I am always busy in my role at GWCT and family life is never a slow pace – having a young child always keeps me on my toes! But what I do to keep grounded and appreciate moments in time is be aware of the season changing. It seems to slow ...
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Trout Life History Project
Brown trout at Loddington
The winter ecology of brown trout
Which river characteristics provide better habitat for young salmon and trout?
Were there fewer young salmon and trout in 2016?
What effect do beaver dams have on brown trout?
Stocking rivers with adult ...
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Birds
Grey partridge >
Common pheasant >
Red grouse >
Black Grouse >
Birds of prey >
Lapwing and other waders >
Woodcock >
Songbirds >
Fish
Salmon >
Trout >
Grayling >
Pike >
Mammals
Brown hare >
Mountain hare >
Water vole >
Deer >
American mink &g...
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Curlew populations are under threat, and there are concerns that increasing woodland cover could make the landscape less suitable for these iconic birds.
Researchers studied where curlews chose to nest in the New Forest for three years between 2020 and 2022.
From the 76 nests studied,...
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We are extending our 2020 art competition and would like to invite all pupils in the Marr, Kincardine and Mearns and Garioch to enter our exciting art competition. We invite you to create a piece of art illustrating a ‘game or wildlife species from the British Isles in its natural habitat’. We ac...
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Not sure where to start / Not sure how to support your pupils? - Take a look at some of the below links:
Click the link for videos by Derek Robertson: Inspiration who draws and paints different birds talking about angles, shapes, colour, light and shade. It is really interesting to see how his pi...
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The study mapped muirburn (prescribed burning) and wildfire across Scotland and looked for patterns in overlap.
Overall, 96 % of areas where wildfires took place were outside moorland managed by muirburn.
Between 2015 and 2020 wildfires covered 1.1 % of the moorland area.
Heather gr...
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