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By Mike Short, GWCT Head of Predation Research
6 minute read
According to the Curlew Recovery Partnership, around two thirds of all curlew pairs breeding in the English lowlands occupy agricultural grassland habitats affected by seasonal grass-cutting. Clearly, this presents a major hazard to gro...
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The new book is a detailed but accessible account of the wide range of agri-environmental research that we have carried out since the project started in 1992. Topics covered include farmland ecology, the design of new management practices to enhance farmland wildlife, soil management and health,...
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Your report on the Alaskan beaver invasion (News, Jul 1) highlights the importance of us agreeing an effective control plan before encouraging these amazing wildlife engineers to repopulate Britain’s waterways. Latvia, who reintroduced them 50 years ago, keep their beaver population of 120,...
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By Amber Hopgood and Andrew Hoodless
After 35 years of dedicated service with the Trust, Dr Dave Baines left the GWCT last week. Dave is an exceptional fieldworker and has been one of our most productive senior scientists, having been an author on over 110 scientific papers during his career. His...
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Those watching BBC Breakfast News yesterday would have rightly been excited to see a report on the bog restoration project undertaken by Forestry England in Northumberland’s Border Mires. For many viewers, the segment’s provocative title - Why cutting down trees can be good for the climate – migh...
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Scientific research, especially ecology, depends on habits and patterns. Our long-running datasets, such as the National Gamebag Census, the Sussex Study and the Partridge Count Scheme depend on annual count figures and regular monitoring. The situation we are currently facing through the spread ...
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Written by Rachael Hustler, Scottish Lowlands placement student
It’s been a busy start to the new year for the Scottish Lowlands research team. We’ve spent the last few weeks setting up gamebird feeders to carry out research into supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds. Myself and the oth...
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