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Three generations of a Hertfordshire family have shown their passion for the countryside by passing the same conservation exam in short succession. Terry Humber encouraged both his son and grandson to join him in taking the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Accredited Game Shot test ...
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Merlin are iconic falcons of England’s moorlands and the Merlin Magic project seeks to reverse the decline of this endangered bird.
90 projects awarded grants to accelerate the implementation of nature-based projects, from new ‘insect pathways’ in our countryside and towns, to tree planting pr...
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Original artworks by painter Ben Hoskyns and printmaker Sarah Cemmick are now available to buy from the GWCT Online Wildlife Art Gallery gwctgallery.org.uk.
25% of the proceeds from their work sold via the site will go to the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), supporting vital researc...
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As the heather burning season begins in the English uplands, habitat managers are increasingly worried about the massive rise in combustible vegetation or ‘fuel load’ caused by a change in management practice making uncontrollable wildfires more likely.
From 1 October to 15 April, carefully con...
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British native wildflower seeds for planting on the new butterfly bank on Martin Down Farmer Cluster
Rare butterflies and bees will find refuge in the countryside on the Dorset – Hampshire border after two new butterfly banks were created on the Martin Down Farmer Cluster. The chalk banks, on fa...
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The 10th GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count Sponsored by the NFU – Friday 3 to Sunday 19 February, bfbc.org.uk
“We will not achieve biodiversity recovery if conservation is confined to nature reserves and national parks,” said Dr Roger Draycott, from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) a...
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An adult lapwing and a chick (copyright Exeter University)
Lapwings use the shape of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators, new research carried out in collaboration with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust shows.
Like many ground-nesting bird species, lapwings are in de...
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There are few more iconic sights than a curlew in flight, but without intervention it could be something future generations will never get to enjoy. Once considered a common species across Britain, the curlew with its distinctive haunting call, is now one of our most rapidly declining breeding b...
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An Avon Valley farmer and Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) ecologist are celebrating the return, for the fifth year in a row, of a female lapwing to the farm where she originally hatched. The lapwing hatched in a field on Will Mitchell’s farm alongside the River Avon on the Hampshire...
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Sponsored by the NFU.
Friday 3rd – 19th February 2023 bfbc.org.uk. Follow on Twitter #bfbc
2023 is the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count’s tenth birthday. Ahead of this year’s count, its founder Jim Egan, is encouraging land managers to take part. He said:
“Understand that what you do makes a differ...
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