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The numbers of Atlantic salmon returning to our rivers in 2018 were the lowest ever recorded, continuing a sharp decline since the 1980s. Numbers have fallen so low that conservationists fear that if rates continue, wild Atlantic salmon could be lost from many of our rivers over the next 50 years...
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GWCT Wales are disappointed with Welsh Government’s announcement that the whole of Wales will be made into a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. Sue Evans said “We were hoping that Welsh Government would come back with a more imaginative tailored solution to the agri pollution problems we face in Wales. One...
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Brent goose
Late autumn heralds the arrival of many species of wintering birds to UK shores, including our smallest migratory goose, the brent goose (Branta bernicla).
Some 100,000 brents will spend the milder winter here. Weighing little more than a bag of sugar and no bigger than a mallard, the...
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Freshwater pearl mussel
The UK is home to six native freshwater species of mussels, one of which is amongst the rarest animals in the world and something very few of us will ever encounter – the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera).
The freshwater pearl mussel is slow-growing, la...
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Velvet swimming crab
The British Isles are home to 65 species of crab, some of which will be familiar to those of us whose childhood visits to the coast featured a reel of string, a hag stone, a rasher of bacon and a bucket of seawater. It has been a long time since I went ‘crabbing’, but I might...
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The public aren’t being told about the vital work being done in the British countryside. You can change that today.
You don’t hear much about the good work done by farmers and land managers. How many people in our towns and cities know about the conservation work being done on farms every single...
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Buzzard
The most common bird of prey in the UK, buzzards will be a regular sight circling high in the sky over the countryside, looking for prey. You might have heard their loud shriek as they fly over. Populations have flourished, growing 465% between 1970 and 2015. Buzzards can be found in a wi...
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Newts
Not many animals enjoy a saturated countryside, but for amphibians this will do nicely. Right now, across the country, newts are emerging from their winter snugs to a waterlogged world, and can begin swaggering towards their ponds to breed (the expression ‘pissed as a newt’ comes from the f...
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Q: Do wild birds carry disease-causing parasites?A: Yes. We expect to find parasites across all wild bird species; some live on the skin and feathers, while others are found inside them (for example, we know that wild grey partridges can carry up to 21 species of parasitic worm). Many of these pa...
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