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Multi-catch cage use in England

Contents Download this guide Download as PDF » Introduction Types of trap Welfare, release and dispatch The legal situation in England Introduction Although territorial pairs of crows and magpies are usually the most serious nest predators, flock-living corvids can also do serious damag...

Multi-catch cage use in Scotland

Contents Download this guide Download as PDF » Introduction Types of trap Welfare, release and dispatch The legal situation in Scotland Introduction Although territorial pairs of crows and magpies are usually the most serious nest predators, flock-living corvids can also do serious dama...

Larsen trap use in England, Scotland and Wales

Contents Introduction When to trap and why Where to put the trap How to catch both birds of a pair Catching the difficult ones How to dispatch a captured corvid humanely When you have finished trapping Using call-birds Operating with bait alone The legal position in England The legal position ...

Types of trap

Welfare, release and dispatch

The legal situation in Scotland

The Salisbury Plain Study

Successful gamebird and songbird feeding

These guidelines address how feeding can benefit pheasants and partridges (the most common gamebirds in Great Britain and Europe) and songbirds of conservation interest. It also explains ways to reduce the use of feeders by non-target species such as corvids, pigeons, rats, squirrels, badgers and...

Predation of artificial songbird nests by magpies on UK farmland

Key points In the UK, farmland songbird populations have been declining since the 1960s. Over the same period, the populations of some nest predators, for example magpies and crows, have increased. Studies looking at predator removal have shown mixed results. Removing nest predators does not alw...

Predation control law and best practice

Predation management is an integral part of game and wildlife management in the British countryside. Over many years of research GWCT science has demonstrated the part predation management plays in protecting game and conserving vulnerable species such as ground nesting birds. It is becoming inc...