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We are delighted to welcome four new students to the Scottish research team for 2023/24. Seth and Kate will be based up at Scottish Demonstration Farm (Auchnerran) and Rachael and Isabella will be working in our Lowland Research team alongside Fiona Torrance. Learn a little bit more about each of...
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By Jodie Case, Predation Research Assistant
In conservation management, Professor John Lawton advised conservation efforts should be ‘bigger, better and more joined up’, and that is exactly what is needed when it comes to American Mink control in the UK.
Since the 1960s, the invasive, non-native ...
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Lesley Griffiths’ statement on the recent episode of BBC Countryfile (the piece starts at 10m 50s) that she would revisit the ban on snares in Wales, if curlew numbers continued to decline, leaves a glimmer of hope for the species.
However, the fact remains that in refusing to accept the amendme...
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TWO well-known members of GWCT staff say they are honoured and privileged to have been nominated for the 2020 Great British Shooting Awards.
Dr Andrew Hoodless and Austin Weldon are shortlisted in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Conservation.
As of head of wetland research, Andrew has...
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This work was made possible with the kind support of The G & K L B Boyes Charitable Trust
New research has found that water crowfoot - an aquatic plant found commonly in lowland rivers – has multiple benefits for young Atlantic salmon, and that active management of the plant could be importa...
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By Prof. Chris Stoate, Allerton Project Head of Research
Chapter 6 of Farming with the Environment covers the aquatic side of things. Some of it is about how nutrients behave in water and how aquatic invertebrate communities are affected by them. But the fact is that what goes on in water is infl...
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While moths are maybe showing a steady population drop nationally, Dr Callum Macgregor is correct to observe that the situation is not “almost hopeless” (Moth survey shows steady decline in Britain since 1980s, 12 November). The Allerton Project Research Farm in Leicestershire joined the same lon...
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By Prof. Chris Stoate Allerton Project Head of Research
It is remarkable to think that the Covid-19 pandemic that is causing so much personal, political and economic disruption stems from a food market the other side of the globe.
Virus transmission from wild animals to people has highlighted the...
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Across the country, whatever our circumstances, we all have a lot on our minds at the moment – health, employment and income, and very high levels of uncertainty in many areas. However, the GWCT must continue its fight for an evidence-based approach to conservation.
This fight is one for the fut...
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Providing enhanced food resources for our bees in agricultural areas should be a priority for farmers and policymakers alike (City gardens are honeypots for bees, Oct 6). While the article focuses on honeybees, improving habitat for all bee species benefits not only their conservation but fa...
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