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GWSDF Auchnerran Shoot
With the successful establishment of the farm’s first kale crops in 2019, the same game cropping programme will be adopted in 2020. This involves two Alba mixes for the shoot’s main covers, threeHighland wild bird seed mixes and one species rich grassland plot, all kindly s...
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By Dave Parish, Head of Scottish Lowland Research
Breeding waders have always done very well at Auchnerran: the farm supports large populations – of national significance in some cases – and the birds usually produce more than enough young than are needed to maintain the local population.
The si...
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The waders at GWSDF are keeping us busy! Following our previous update, we now have 50 lapwing nests and 12 oystercatcher nests, including a couple of second attempts. We're seeing new nests pop up almost every day. Soon, we'll begin our nest sweeps for returning curlew and are hopeful we'll hav...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education (This article first appeared in Shooting Times)
5 minute read
With the shooting season now over, the first signs of breeding are already upon us. Cock pheasants have their wattles and ear tufts up as they strut their stuff in front of the hens, grey partridge...
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By Alexander Keeble, Game and Wildlife Advisor
With a surplus of game on the ground with the loss of two months of game shooting due to the COVID pandemic, there have been occasional reports that the excess of game birds left are now beginning to influence recently drilled spring crops.
Many sh...
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Our experienced Advisory team are planning to run eight predation management courses for gamekeepers and wildlife managers across England and Wales throughout February and March in 2023.
Dates and venues are yet to be confirmed so please email lherring@gwct.org.uk if you are interested in attend...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
With the season all but over, my mind, as usual, turns to planning for 2021/22. In just a few weeks the pheasants will be setting up their territories, strutting their stuff, and doing everything they can to keep their harems together.
Meanwhile, the corvids ...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
5 minute read
Back in early November I was treated to two fantastic days of hill edge sport in of the Pennines. We had a combination of walked-up, mini drives, and an evening flight. While the few grouse were the highlight for a lowlander like me, wild pheasa...
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GWCT research has repeatedly demonstrated the importance and benefits of targeted, legal and humane predator control for the conservation and management of game and wildlife. Controlling predation using spring traps, corvid cages and snares/humane cable restraints are vital to achieve effective s...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
Lets start by noting the words Predation Control rather than predator. In managing game and wildlife, how many predators you kill is of no great relevance; rather it is the predation that you prevent that matters. As a consequence, shooting odd random predato...
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