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This EU Habitat Action Plan was published by the European Commission in 2020. It provides guidance to maintain and restore European dry heaths to a favourable conservation status. Dry heaths are wide open landscapes, typically occurring on free-draining soil that has a relatively low nutrient con...
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By Sir Jim Paice, GWCT Chairman
You will have seen the headlines about our climate, about the need to store more carbon, about species in decline.
You and I live in a world that is always looking for simple answers. For over 80 years, GWCT research has helped to inform the way this land is manag...
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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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Nature can provide a multitude of hidden benefits to humans such as control of crop pests by their natural enemies, crop pollination and prevention of soil erosion that keeps rivers clean. These are known as ecosystem services and are worth billions of euros every year in each European country.
T...
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The GWCT Uplands Team publish a regular newsletter which provides an update on their fascinating research.
You can download the most recent edition here and sign up to receive it by email:
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Species Recovery Assistant, GWCT Uplands
Holly grew up in the Durham Dales and joined the GWCT in 2023 as a Research Assistant working on camera traps and ground-nesting waders, and long-term red and black grouse population monitoring. Prior to joining the GWCT she completed a BSc and MRes at Dur...
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A severe outbreak of the disease Strongylosis in grey partridges in 1931 led Major HG Eley (a cartridge manufacturer employed by ICI) to establish the ICI Game Research Station at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. He gave a research grant to Doug Middleton at the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford, ...
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Following last year’s General Licence fiasco, Defra are now reviewing when people will and won’t be allowed to control pest species in England in 2020.
We are taking action now
We're asking if you will help fund our challenging programme of work to ensure that those in charge listen not only to t...
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If we want to safeguard the benefits of good habitat and winter food, predation control can have an important role. Thanks to the help of our supporters, we have designed, tested and proven the effectiveness of practical tools such as the mink raft and breakaway fox snare, which are now commonpl...
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We offer the following fact sheets that may be useful to those with an interest in managing and conserving grey partridges or taking part in the Partridge Count Scheme:
Conserving the grey partridge guide
Fact sheet 1: Restoring wild grey partridges to your farm
Fact sheet 2: Providing nesting...
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