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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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Words by Hannah Weald
A few years ago, I visited the North Pennines on holiday. Amazed by its beauty and isolation, I told myself this was somewhere I could see myself living in the future. Little did I think that six years down the line I would be living and working here. Last August I drove fou...
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Moorland managed by Bradford Council has been mown in the middle of the bird nesting season, a Councillor has confirmed. The incident was filmed on Baildon Moor, just 5 miles north of Bradford. Introducing mowers to a moor at a time when many red-listed birds could be nesting is a travesty. Farme...
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Recent isolated cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in released pheasants highlights the importance of good biosecurity and vigilance amongst all those involved in game management. It is important to remember that HPAI is spread by wild birds and there is no evidence to suggest the ...
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The men and women working hard to protect and conserve wild birds were dealt a boost today (18 January) as the High Court has ruled that Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) General Licences are lawful. This came after a legal challenge by Wild Justice. The campaigning body, led by Mark Avery, Chris Pa...
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Criticism that UK shoots are too reliant on foreign – mostly French – young stock is nothing new, but Coronavirus has reinforced the belief that greater self-sufficiency is overdue. And it’s not just driven by patriotism, but the logic that sourcing from within gives greater control.
With tens o...
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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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Dr Nick Hesford, GWCT Advisor - Scotland
With increasing emphasis on demonstrating good practice and the likely introduction of payment by results across the farming and rural management sector, collating relevant information is becoming very important. Evidence gathering is now ...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
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I was struck by a quote from HL Mencken that was used by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle in a report stage debate on the Genetic Technology Bill(1) – “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong...
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Aim to Sustain including GWCT as scientific advisors to the partnership, has written to the Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey calling for an urgent review of GL43, the gamebird releasing General Licence for protected sites and their buffers:
Dear Secretary of State
We write to you having attended...
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