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By Holly Appleby, Species Recovery Project Assistant, Uplands Research
In northern England, black grouse breed on the moor fringe, where females, also known as greyhens, often nest in rushy pastures and rear their chicks in rough grazings and grassy habitats. Unlike red grouse, hens rear chicks w...
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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 Alex Keeble, Game and Wildlife Advisor (Central England)
Often many shoots attempt to re-establish grey partridges through releasing. However, re-establishment efforts are prolonged, labour-intensive and expensive operations with no guarantee of success.
From our extensive research of the grey...
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From the North Pennines to the North York Moors: The GWCT Black Grouse Translocation Project is in full swing! Our latest short film (above) offers an exclusive glimpse into the incredible work our team is doing to safeguard this iconic species.
The Black Grouse Range Expansion Project, funded b...
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The GWCT’s Allerton Project demonstration farm has joined the Central England branch of the Environmental Farmers Group.
The pioneering farmer-led environmental cooperative provides natural capital investors with a single point of contact and aims to ensure that farmers receive fair reward for d...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer
It is with some frustration that I read the news reports on the recent spate of wildfires across the country.
Whilst increasing awareness of the consequences of a wildfire on the landscape and the wildlife it supports (as well as carbon emissions...
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By Ellie Ness, Farmland Ecology Research Assistant
The jangle of a singing corn bunting is a sound that has disappeared from a lot of the country in recent decades. Sadly, these charismatic little birds are red-listed farmland specialists that have undergone an 83% decline between 1967-2022, so a...
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We’re kicking off another year with our fantastic January sale, offering something for everyone at deal prices. Here is a curated list of our favourite items you might be interested in.
1. Black Grouse Lek by Martin Ridley - Pack of 10 GWCT Christmas Cards
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If you like being organise...
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The newly launched Wensleydale & Swaledale Environmental Farmers (SWEF) Group has won a £100,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) bid to fund the development of the group and its catchment-scale conservation ambitions.
The farmer-led cooperative represents a great opportunity for the 13...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Image courtesy of Wildlifetrusts.org
This sounds like a character from Lord of the Rings but it is actually one of the common names for the only member of the Talpa genus in the British Isles, the common (European) mole. Mouldiwarp literall...
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