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Written by Chris Stoate, Allerton Project Head of Research
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As farmers across the country focus their attention on the Big Farmland Bird Count it’s time to reflect on how songbird numbers on our own farm have changed since the Allerton Project started thirty years ago.
Overall number...
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When you think of the GWCT, images of pheasants, partridges, and maybe even lapwings come to mind. But there’s something we deeply care about that might surprise you: soil.
Soil is incredibly important for our well-being. It’s the foundation of our health, providing us with the food we eat. In fa...
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GWCT Wales welcomes this investment to help tackle the negative effects of intensive agriculture across Wales on its rivers and streams and to protect and enhance massively depleted stocks of our iconic salmon and sea trout, but there is so much more to be done. We call for not only for a seriou...
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By Dylan Roberts, GWCT Head of Fisheries & SAMARCH Project Manager
The SAMARCH project, part funded by the EU’s Interreg Channel Project and the Missing Salmon Alliance, has been underway since 2017 and the project, which has a heavy science focus is beginning to bring some exciting results,...
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When I was very kindly awarded the Outstanding Achievement award at our recent Staff Conference, I told my colleagues that I find it quite hard to express what the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) means to me, so I thought I would try here…
In 2015, at the age of 30 I decided to quit...
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education. This article first appeared in Shooting Times.
I have seen the scenario many times, a lovely little bubbling brook, with a nice head of small trout, but nothing much over a few ounces in weight. The immediate response for someone who wa...
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By Dr Jennifer Brewin, GWCT Writer and Research Specialist
This week saw the 12th North of England Grouse Seminar in Harrogate, run by the GWCT’s Uplands Research Team. A welcome sunny relief from the winter’s wet weather met the delegates and set a positive tone for the day. Having moved to a la...
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Defra is currently reviewing the General Licensing system that operates in England. Earlier this year the GWCT submitted our review of the scientific evidence base of the effects of controlling certain common predatory and pest bird species under the General licences on the breeding success of a...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Senior Advisor
This article originally appeared in Shooting Times
“Your dogs won’t like it when they come to stay; that kennel stinks.” So said my father almost 40 years ago. He had given up keeping dogs by then, but there was still a kennel at the bottom of his garden, so tha...
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The GWCT has been approached by Defra to respond to its consultation on the future of Environmental Land Management (ELM) policy, but we want to make sure you have your say.
We are preparing our response, drawing on our research and experience, but want to hear your views to inform our response....
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