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By Farmland Ecology Placement student, Seshi Humphrey-Ackumey
The Owl Box Initiative focuses predominantly on the conservation of the barn owl (Tyto alba), and as an inspirational flagship species, aims to inspire people to engage in more wildlife-friendly farming. However, the UK s...
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We would love to welcome you to stand H173 (near the game fair theatre) from Friday 29th July for exciting events at this year's Game Fair.
Friday 8am - New ‘green guide’ to ‘Woodland for Pheasants and Wildlife’ launches at The Game Fair
Dr Roger Draycott, GWCT Head of Advisory and Education, i...
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Following the disastrous bird flu pandemic that so heavily impacted the current shooting season – not to mention the increased cost of running a shoot – Richard Leach of Keepers Choice runs through the best practises for feeding the laying hen, with every poult seemingly worth its weight in gold...
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In lifechanging times like these, the natural world doesn’t stop. There have been lots of chin-stroking think pieces in the newspapers and on television about what impact coronavirus and any restrictions on movement might have for nature. We have seen reports of nature thriving and emissions fall...
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By Mke Swan, GWCT Head of Education
With all the news about new rules for trapping stoats, and changes to general licences for corvid control, it’s easy to forget that there are other predators out there that we need to address, and now is a good time to be on the case. With most of our game nest...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
In the early 1990s, when we had a voluntary phase out of lead for shooting over wetlands, my old mate Charles Nodder and I had a little try with some steel cartridges out on the Medway mud. It was not very scientific, just a first dabble really.
Being young a...
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By Jodie Case, Research Assistant, The Owl Box Initiative
The Owl Box Initiative is a project to inspire farmers and communities to work for the conservation of the Barn Owl, but it is also aims to provide opportunities for a wide range of people to work outdoors and engage with wil...
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by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
5 minute read
With the home bred ducks busy with their test flights, and the first autumn migrants arriving, now is the moment to start feeding your flight pond. With luck, some of the families will have mums and dads that visited you last season, so will be ...
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By Mathew Goodall, GWCT Head of Education & Advisor and Emma Mellen, Communications & Engagement Officer
World Wetlands Day on the 2nd of February each year aims to raise awareness about wetlands; it also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, an international...
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As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series of blogs, working as a research assistant at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) gives me the opportunity to work on some incredibly exciting research. In early 2022 I joined the Trust’s Predation Control Studies team, where I am learning new sk...
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