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Joe, Stanley, Head of Sustainable Farming, Allerton Project
As a farmer I have always been fascinated by field drainage systems; invisible networks of drainage channels running underneath much of our farmland carrying away excess water to field-edge ditches, thence away to streams and rivers. In ...
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By Alex Keeble, Central England Game & Wildlife Advisor
Releasing red-legged partridges can be both rewarding and frustrating, with a variety of factors affecting the success of release. There are many small shoots across the country that, at some point over the years, have decided to release...
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What does it take to bring back a bird on the edge of extinction? For curlew, one of the UK’s most threatened breeding birds, the answer is anything but simple. Their story captures the tangled challenges of modern conservation, balancing farming, land use and our own connection to nature.
Curlew...
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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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By Mike Short, Head of Predation Management Research and Project Manager
Thanks to two years of funding through Natural England’s excellent Species Recovery Programme, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has helped create a safer haven for beach-nesting birds on the North Solent National N...
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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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Open Farm Sunday has been taking place up and down the country in June every year since 2006. Managed by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), the day provides an opportunity for farmers to share their fabulous work with all ages, by opening their farms to the general public, and showcasing the...
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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...
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