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  • Factors influencing maternal condition in red grouse

    Written by Leah Cloonan and Sam Rawlinson In the spring of this year the Upland Research Team in northern England returned to a project that previously ran in 2022 and 2023. The project looks at the maternal condition of red grouse and which factors affect their subsequent breeding success. Red g...

  • World Shorebirds Day: Shorebirds covered by GWCT research

    The GWCT carries out research on a number of shorebirds and waders. From studies of the migration routes of snipe, lapwing and curlew, to the monitoring of nesting habits of lapwing in wet meadows and arable fields, to developing new techniques to protect them from predators. Our Gravelly Shores ...

  • Providing homes for barn owls (and why it matters more than you might think)

    By Sophie Jackson, Wildlife Recovery Placement Student Few sights are as magical as a barn owl gliding over a field on a summer’s evening. With their heart-shaped faces, ghostly plumage and soundless flight, they have long been described as ethereal and mysterious. I’ve always found barn owls cap...

  • The Scottish Game Fair 2025

    You can find out more about everything happening at The Scottish Game Fair and secure your tickets here.  All of us in Scotland are counting down the days until 4th July – and for different reasons to our friends in the USA! This year the Scottish Game fair at Scone Palace begins that day, runnin...

  • A summer in the hedgerow: Protecting the insects that sustain us

    By Juliet Turner, Farmland Ecology Research Assistant In my first week as a pollinator ecologist for GWCT Farmland Ecology, a national heatwave hit, and I found myself roasting in the middle of an enormous wheat field, 30+ degrees of sun blazing down upon me. I had been out in the heat all day, a...

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