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  • The show must go on (at a safe distance)

    In lifechanging times like these, the natural world doesn’t stop. There have been lots of chin-stroking think pieces in the newspapers and on television about what impact coronavirus and any restrictions on movement might have for nature. We have seen reports of nature thriving and emissions fall...

  • Findings from the field

    Written by Simon Kibble, Working Conservationist Whilst the winter of 2019/20 caused havoc to farming and life in general the spring wasn’t shaping up great either. However difficult things are, there always comes a surprise to brighten the mood. In this case it was the arrival of two green plov...

  • 0 to nearly 70 chicks in three years

    By Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager I have just been chatting to Tim, one of our small team who takes much responsibility for maintaining the fence and camera batteries. You may sometimes hear the regular strimming, which is necessary to stop the fence from shorting out. Sometimes T...

  • A lament for Wales

    Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Advisory Services I may be an Englishman, but I am deeply in love with Wales and its wonderful countryside. It all started with early teenage holidays on the Llyn Peninsula, boating, fishing for mackerel and pollack, and birdwatching. From curlews singing over the rush...

  • Bird conservation – have critical thresholds been reached?

    By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England) In recent weeks I have been revisiting the known causes of the declines seen in some of our bird species such as the Curlew, Lapwing and House Sparrow and so the recently published paper “Farmland practices are driving bird population decline a...

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