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  • Trout

    Trout Life History Project  Brown trout at Loddington  The winter ecology of brown trout  Which river characteristics provide better habitat for young salmon and trout?  Were there fewer young salmon and trout in 2016?  What effect do beaver dams have on brown trout?  Stocking rivers with adult ...

  • Red grouse

    How did the removal of grouse moor management in Berwyn SPA affect other birds? Dispersal and mortality of red grouse in northern England  Red grouse and climate change  Strongyle infection rates  Treatment of strongylosis  Parasites and red grouse  Controlling louping ill  Grouse moor survey  A...

  • Grayling

    Wylye Grayling and Trout Survey  What is causing the Wylye grayling to decline?  How does river flow and temperature affect survival of young European grayling?  How a changing environment affects grayling at different life stages 

  • QuESSA

    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...

  • Peatland burning: What the science says

    Claim     Verdict Prescribed burning damages habitat and wildlife including mosses, birds, invertebrate and reptiles.     The claim is largely unsupported when muirburn is applied under best practice. Evidence shows that poorly managed or uncontrolled fires can harm peat-forming mos...

  • EU Habitat Action Plan 4030: Maintaining and restoring European dry heaths

    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...

  • Ambassadors

    Ambassadors help to raise awareness of a charity by attending events, spreading the word of the Trust and encouraging others to get involved in fundraising. Many charity ambassadors are leaders in industry, and always people who are passionate about the cause and message of the charity. Our seven...

  • History of the Trust

    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, ...

  • Field Assistant (Scotland)

    Type of appointment: Full-time/fixed-term three years initially Reporting to: Senior Advisor, Scotland Location: North-East Scotland / Home based (or option to work from our office in Aberdeenshire), with extensive fieldwork Hours of work: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week over 5 days, but flexible...

  • How your money is spent

    All the money raised from the Scottish Auction funds our vital research, education and policy work in Scotland. A breakdown of how your money is used is shown below:

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