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The GWCT Allerton Project is a 320ha mixed arable and livestock farm based around the small village of Loddington on the Leicestershire/Rutland border (and not to be confused with Loddington in Northamptonshire).
The estate was kindly gifted to the GWCT by Lord and Lady Allerton in 1992 on the u...
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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Whether or not to fund the management of species to protect another was the subject of a keen debate in the House of Lords on Thursday 25 January.
The debate, titled ‘Sustainable Farming Incentive: Species Management and ELMS’ was tabled by the Earl...
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Written by Hazel Sarti, English Uplands Placement Student
On February 28th, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Upland Research Team hosted the North of England Grouse Seminar at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate. The bi-annual conference was attended by almost 200 people with an inter...
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It's been a very busy year here at the GWCT. Here are the top 20 news stories of 2019!
Some songbird nests are especially vulnerable to magpie predation - new study suggestsA NEW study has revealed a range of factors that cause a variation in predation by magpies on farmland songbirds.
Proposed ...
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The new Sustainable Food and Farming Scheme (SFFS), launched by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust alongside other rural organisations including the NFU and LEAF, proposes a refreshing, flexible approach to environmental land management.
As farmers prepare for life outside of the Common A...
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“We want to support the choices that farmers and land managers take on their holdings,” writes George Eustice in the foreword of Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan, launched yesterday (30 November). For farmers working under the trappings of the Common Agricultural Policy, this will provide a w...
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By Sue Evans, Director GWCT Cymru
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Last week I caught up with Welsh Governments James Owen Deputy Director, Land Management Reform Division who’s in charge of directing the new Sustainable Farming Scheme. I asked him if all the elements identified by us at GWCT such as overwinter fe...
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By Dr. Alastair Leake, GWCT Director of Policy
It is encouraging to see the results of a long-term study of wildlife on a large commercial arable farm in England, on Tuesday 2nd August. A decade long study by scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) at Hillesden Estate in Buc...
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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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It's very welcome to see Defra developing the concept of Nature Markets in its recently released report, the Nature Markets Framework. As the Agricultural Transition Period progresses and direct support payments drop away, it’s vital for farms to assess alternative income streams.
The Environmen...
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