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Key points
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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House martin
The iridescent aerial acrobatics which are a welcome sing of spring!
It is that wonderful time of year, when the weather is getting warmer, the days get longer and there is a sense of optimism in the air as spring brings fresh and new life all around us – although the farmers could d...
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The project
The Forage for CH4nge project aims to improve sustainability and move towards net zero farming by investigating emissions and forage utilisation in native Swaledale sheep compared to cross-bred sheep on the upland landscape forage, something that has never been studied before.
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Lee Oliver
Interim Director for WalesEmail: loliver@gwct.org.uk
Born and brought up on the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales, Lee is a first language Welsh speaker and comes from a farming community where his grandfather farmed sheep and beef. Lee lives with his family of three children and ...
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Farmland is home to hundreds of plant and thousands of animal species, many of which are highly dependent on each other forming a complex food web. This was first revealed by our early work on the grey partridge in Sussex.
The population of grey partridge was partially dependent on the survival r...
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Key points
Monitoring curlew and other ground-nesting birds is essential for effective conservation efforts but previous methods have been time consuming and delay action.
Researchers trained a new AI model called YOLOv10 by combining a pre-existing conservation AI database with nearly 39,000 im...
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Ramsons
A distinctly delicious sign of the old and of spring
The birds have started to sing differently, the days are getting longer, and at last it is starting to feel a bit warmer, but it’s just a shame the rain hasn’t stopped yet, especially for our farmers who are trying to get on the land at...
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