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© Laurie Campbell
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Written by Dr Jennifer Brewin, Writer and Research Specialist
As we take another step firmly towards winter, falling temperatures herald the return of our migrant woodcock - over the next few weeks they will complete their inconceivably long journeys from breeding...
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UPDATED MONDAY 7th FEBRUARY
On 19th & 20th January the team at GWCT’s Allerton Project was delighted to welcome BBC Countryfile for two days of intensive filming, with the 320ha Loddington estate acting as the ‘hub’ for an episode that was broadcast on Sunday 6th February 2022....
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Dear Secretary of State,
We are aware that the campaigning group Wild Justice have recently written to you about the woodcock shooting season and requested a shortening of the open season to aid the conservation of this species. In the letter they cite GWCT research to support their argument.
The...
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We have recently published Conserving Our Woodcock, a new guide which turns 50 years of GWCT woodcock research into practical guidance on how to provide the varied habitat woodcock require. This blog is taken from the guide, which you can download in full here.
The woodcock is a cryptic, beauti...
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By Max Wright, Research Assistant at Auchnerran
Well, that’s everything done at our Scottish demonstration farm for another year! Another busy breeding season for the waders is winding down and coming to a close. While we had large numbers of returning birds (with a maximum pre-breeding count of...
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Defra have announced the upcoming rounds of the Small R&D Partnership Projects and Feasibility Studies competitions, which will provide over £14 million in funding to encourage collaboration between farmers, growers, foresters, agri-businesses, and researchers. These innovation grants aim to...
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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer England
I recently read Jeff Knott’s blog on the RSPB website – “There’s something very special about the uplands” – and I couldn’t agree more with the title. But on reading the rest of the blog, I felt obliged to respond. Not to reinforce the ‘contested land...
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By Nathan Williams, PhD student, GWCT Predation Management Research Team
“A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less.”- William J Mayo
Just like my study organism, I am a generalist. In the two years since my PhD started in September 2021, I have used many of the tools avai...
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Six inches of Soil - Monday 3rd June @ 4.30pm
Join us at The Allerton Project for a Six Inches of Soil screening - a documentary feature film exploring soil health & farming with nature.
Six Inches of Soil tells the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial ...
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By Mike Short, GWCT predator ecologist
White-tailed sea eagles were once widespread in Southern England, but relentless persecution led to their extinction 240 years ago. The last known breeding attempt in this region was in 1780, when a pair nested on the steep chalk cliffs of Culver Down on the...
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