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Wader breeding season is in full swing at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s demonstration farm in Aberdeenshire and lapwing, oystercatcher and curlew chicks are hatching across the fields.
Out of Doors presenter Mark Stephen last visited the farm back in January to find out about the ...
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By Mike Swan, Senior Advisor
Twenty or so years ago I struck up a slightly weird ‘friendship’ with a man who owned a few acres of woodland in Devon, where he lived in a yurt. He was not against shooting, and was positively enthusiastic about my passion for coastal wildfowling, but he hated the bi...
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By Joe Stanley, Head of Sustainable Farming, the Allerton Project
2026 sees the GWCT’s Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) return to its spiritual home of the Allerton Project, the GWCT’s research and demonstration farm on the Leicestershire-Rutland border, where it was originally launched in 2014. Th...
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Written by Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
Where do birds live? Many still imagine robins in hedgerows or owls in hollow trunks. But waders, gamebirds, warblers, buntings, pipits, chats, larks, wagtails, nightjars, waterfowl, gulls, terns, even raptors like short‑eared owls - all of them are...
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As winter seems to be in full swing, many organisations such as the Wildlife Trusts and RSPB are encouraging us to feed the birds. They are reminding everyone to maintain consistency, while also advising on what and how to feed for the best results. This is largely targeted towards garden birds, ...
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