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  • New songbird winter feeding initiative at Auchnerran

    By Adam Watts, Scottish Research Assistant The UK has long been known as a country of animal lovers, with our wildlife and countryside inspiring songs and art for centuries. However, in the UK we are also sadly one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, and a number of our beloved sp...

  • Bird conservation – have critical thresholds been reached?

    By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England) In recent weeks I have been revisiting the known causes of the declines seen in some of our bird species such as the Curlew, Lapwing and House Sparrow and so the recently published paper “Farmland practices are driving bird population decline a...

  • Team publications 2019

    The Uplands team are pleased to deliver some new research. Please see below abstracts from two of our published papers from this year. Get in touch if you would like a full copy of the paper by emailing uplands@gwct.org.uk. Baines, D., Newborn, D. & Richardson, M. (2019). Are Trichostrongylus...

  • No shortage of bird life at the first NFU sponsored GWCT Wales Big Farmland Bird Count

    Whooper Swan, Little Egret, Stockdove, Siskin, Redpoll, Bullfinch, Buzzard and Red Kite were amongst a list of birds that were seen at Cruglas Farm, which hosted the first NFU sponsored GWCT Wales Big Farmland Bird Count near Tregaron, Ceredigion last Thursday (30th January).  Local farmers were...

  • A Day in the Life of Elizabeth Ogilvie, placement student at our Scottish Demonstration Farm, Auchnerran

    Elizabeth shares her love of the outdoors, Greta Thunberg and a good woodland walk Is there such a thing as a typical day for you? If so, what's it like? There is no typical day here on the farm, it can range from walking a raptor transect, to setting up camera traps and lasers for the LifeLaser...

  • Things to do this Spring

    Things you can do online Lose yourself in a book - We have expanded our popular range of books available in the GWCT shop. As well as in-house bestsellers like The Moorland Balance, you can also pick up books by leading nature authors and support the GWCT at the same time. Browse the whole range...

  • GWCT work and positive conservation highlighted in House of Lords

    With the future of Britain’s agri-environment policy up for debate, the way we incentivise good farmland conservation will be pivotal in reversing the biodiversity declines we’ve seen highlighted across the media this week. The Agriculture Bill offers a chance to look forward and focus on decisi...

  • Last chance to win a shoot day on four Donside estates for 8 guns - closes 9 October

    THIS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED Time is running out to win a magnificent day’s shooting for eight guns on four outstanding estates in beautiful Donside. There are only a few of the 250 tickets still available and the draw closes on Friday 9th October. The prize includes luxurious overnight accommodati...

  • Around the GWCT demonstration shoots

    Allerton Project Shoot, Loddington Work is underway to manage our woodlands so that they benefit game and wildlife. Thinning, ride widening, scalloping and glade creation will be our focus and with this will come regeneration of the understorey which is a favourite nesting place for migratory wa...

  • Wild Justice outmanoeuvred by Defra on gamebird releasing

    It’s a year since the campaign group Wild Justice led Defra and Natural England on a merry legal dance over the General Licences. These are the ones used to protect crops, livestock and wildlife from pest bird species. While new licences were being drafted the old ones were suspended, and the res...

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