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I must disagree with Nick Roberts when he tells us not to ask farmers to be conservationists (Back Chat, April issue). Our Working For Wildlife initiative has shown just how important farmers can be to wildlife recovery. On 200 acres of arable land in Suffolk, Graham Denny has not only created a ...
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Henry Cheape (letter, Apr 21) highlights the importance of planting trees in the right place. With the government wedded to increasing planting to 30,000 hectares a year with trees by 2025, there are plenty of opportunities for expanding woodland cover that do not require the repurposing of la...
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Keeping our research going in unprecedented times
The situation we are currently facing through the spread of COVID-19 changes much of how we live our lives, but – where safe– we are trying to continue as much possible.
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Game shooting and wildlife conservation in un...
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In the past, many believed that the curlew’s haunting cry lamented the souls of lost sailors. Sad, then, to reflect that without concerted effort to save the curlew, we may soon mourn its loss to many parts of Scotland.
They have declined across Scotland by 61% (1995 to 2016), twice the rate in E...
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New surveillance by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK has found genes for resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in 78% of rats and 95% of house mice. According to CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle, these include “small but troubling numbers” with two or more such genes, labelled ‘hyb...
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By Bruce Russell, GWCT Director Scotland
You may be very disappointed with this announcement after all the hard work which the GWCT has devoted to the 'Werritty Review', and multiple representations to policy makers. As the recently published GWCT blog on the issue states, we are deeply concerned...
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As we reach the end of what has been a most unusual and challenging year, here are the ten most-read GWCT blogs from 2020:
1. Wild Justice gamebird releasing – what they don't want you to know >
2. Wild Justice outmanoeuvred by Defra on gamebird releasing >
3. Gamekeeping during the corona...
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With many shows, auctions, fundraising dinners, clay shoots and our flagship Scottish Game Fair cancelled, Cumbria based wildlife artist, Ashley Boon, was left scratching his head wondering what he could do to help. A dedicated supporter of the GWCT, he came up with the idea of a permanent onlin...
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Survey closes 28th February
Scotland is on the cusp of making shooting grouse illegal and introducing a licensing regime citing poor and illegal practice; The Welsh Government has stated it is anti-shooting and set to ban snares and England is teetering on the brink of banning released game bird...
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The balance of game shot in the UK has undergone a considerable change in the past 50 years, as a study produced by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) shows. For several game species such as pheasant, red-legged partridge and roe deer, the numbers shot have increased in the past 50...
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