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Q: Is the global estimate of woodcock falling?A: No. The global population of 10-26 million individuals is considered stable.
Q: Are the woodcock that migrate here each autumn declining?A: No. Approximately 800,000 to 1.3 million woodcock migrate to Britain and Ireland each winter, mainly from Sc...
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Water vole
A much-loved British mammal, widely known as “Ratty” in the children’s classic The Wind in The Willows, but don’t mistake it for a brown rat!
Is spring on its way? I asked myself as I looked out the window at the beginning of this month, wondering if St Swinthin’s Day had passed me by ...
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The first APPG was held in December 2010 when, in partnership with the CLA, we presented “Common-sense Conservation” at Westminster. The APPGs are valuable in that they are a forum that allows us regular direct access to politicians.
Held at Westminster about three times a year, MPs from all part...
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England
Roger Draycott, Director of Advisory and Education, and Eastern and Northern England Advisor
From a farming background and with a PhD in pheasant ecology, Roger has worked at the GWCT since 1993. He spent many years undertaking applied research on pheasants (reared and wild) and grey part...
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There is increasing pressure for agri-environment schemes to deliver greater benefits and farmland to provide more food. Therefore if the value of agri-environment schemes could be extended to support additional species, provide extra functions such as reducing soil erosion and generating nitroge...
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Background
Effects on bees
Regulations
Background
Q: What are neonicotinoids?A: Neonicotinoids (neonics) are a class of systemic insecticides, meaning that they are absorbed throughout the plant. The first commercial neonic, Imidacloprid, was patented by Bayer in 1985 and became widely...
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Alastair Salvesen and his team at Whitburgh, Midlothian, have a passion for wild grey partridge. When the farm was bought by Mr Salvesen around ten years ago, it was releasing grey partridge. This was stopped and the focus switched to habitat management, supplementary feeding and the legal contro...
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Nightingale
A secretive bird with a famous song
When I was a child, I used to hear a nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) singing from the woodland outside my bedroom window at night. Or that is what I thought it was when I was eight years old, but I expect it was more likely to have been a hope ...
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Conservation charity director aims to bridge gap between urban and rural
The Wales director of a conservation charity is on a mission to bring urban and rural communities closer together through better education and communication about country pursuits and game management. Read more here >
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