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A couple of Nether Hale hares getting ready to box. Credit: Russell Miles
By Mike Swan, GWCT Senior Advisor
If you are an older GWCT member, that title might just ring bells; it was already a long-term slogan of what was then The Game Conservancy Trust’s advisory service when I joined the team in...
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By Adam McVeigh, Research Assistant in the Farmland Ecology Unit
Many people are captivated by the magnificence of butterflies, be it watching Peacocks sipping from a Buddleia or sighting a pristine Brimstone on a sunny morning. This year Painted Ladies have migrated into the news and attracted b...
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The Uplands team are pleased to deliver some new research from the Langholm Moor Demonstration Project. Please see below the abstracts from three of our published papers, the full list of all LMDP publications can be found here.
Ludwig, S., Roos, S., Rollie, C. & Baines, D. (2020). Long-term ...
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My name is Olivia, and I am currently on my placement year with GWCT doing research and monitoring at the Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm in Aberdeenshire. I am from a large town in South West England called Bournemouth which is a seaside town that is very popular with tourists an...
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Fox scats are unlocking the secrets of foxes and shedding light on densities, revealing the real pressure on our ground-nesting birds. Mike Short explains...
Wildlife biologists can learn a lot by studying fox poo or ‘scats’ as we call them. As we continue processing the 800 or so samples collec...
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Over recent decades, availability of suitable barn owl nesting cavities has reduced primarily due to loss of large trees with hollows, and modernisation and enclosure of farm buildings. Providing nest boxes within or near to suitable habitat can help to increase breeding success and support local...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
Over the next month or so I shall be helping to lead a couple of GWCT shoot walks each week. These are wonderful evening outings, with great people who love shooting and the countryside. Our generous hosts will normally have gone to some trouble...
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Written by Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Manager.
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Each season I hear the familiar phrase ‘leave it to mother nature’, well intended in its delivery. I hear it from one or more people not convinced that curlew interventions are necessary. I am always taken aback, unknowing how to r...
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By Jodie Case, Research Assistant, The Owl Box Initiative
The Owl Box Initiative is delighted to be working with a number of volunteer ornithologists across Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset to help monitor local barn owl populations. In the world of owl nest box monitoring, dedicated...
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education. This article first appeared in Shooting Times.
Photo Credit: Peter Thompson
Writing in a September heatwave, it is easy to forget that it has been a funny old spring and summer. It started with a frosty April, followed by a cold wet May...
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