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The Hunting with Dogs Bill repeals and replaces the Protection of Wild Mammals Act, which was passed in 2002. The bill makes it clear that it is illegal to hunt a wild mammal with a dog. The owner or occupier of land also commits an offence if he/she allows another person to do so. The maximum p...
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The Langholm Moor Demonstration Project, one of the most important projects in the British uplands, has published its seven-year review which outlines what progress this unique 10-year project has made to date against its key targets.
The number of nesting hen harriers exceeded the project target...
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Gamebirds and waterfowl
Species
England and Wales*
Scotland
Northern Ireland**
Pheasant
1 Oct - 1 Feb
1 Oct - 1 Feb
1 Oct - 31 Jan
Grey partridge
1 Sept - 1 Feb
1 Sept - 1 Feb
1 Sept - 31 Jan
Red-leggedpartridge
1 Sept - 1 Feb
1 Sept - 1 Feb
1 Sept - 31 Jan
Red grouse
12 Aug - 10 Dec
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust charitable objects are:
To promote for the public benefit, the conservation of game and its associated flora and fauna.
To conduct research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of f...
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Q: Is there a conflict between grouse and harriers, and where does that leave us?A: The Joint Raptor Study (1992-1996) showed that without new kinds of management, such as diversionary feeding and brood management, you cannot have viable grouse shooting alongside large numbers of hen harriers. No...
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The GWCT conducts a number of long-term surveys into the survival and abundance of gamebirds in the UK, combining new records with numbers logged in gamebooks of estates going back to the 19th Century and even before. This wealth of data enables us to spot long-term trends in how changes in land ...
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There are separate codes of practice for England and Wales, both available below:
ENGLAND > WALES >
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Deer have probably never been so abundant in Britain. The disappearance of large predators such as bear, wolf and lynx, as well as much-reduced hunting by man in recent years, has allowed deer populations to expand. Added to this, in the lowlands modern crops provide abundant food for these herb...
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Intensive crop production has led to a substantial loss of biodiversity on farmland, and Integrated Crop Management (ICM) is designed to mitigate this by a more targeted use of chemicals as well as by harnessing natural biological control at the same time as retaining farm profitability.
ICM comb...
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Birds
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Fish
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