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A severe outbreak of the disease Strongylosis in grey partridges in 1931 led Major HG Eley (a cartridge manufacturer employed by ICI) to establish the ICI Game Research Station at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. He gave a research grant to Doug Middleton at the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford, ...
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The Trust has conducted research on farmland wildlife since the late 1960s and this has included ecological studies of individual species, habitats, systems and long-term changes. Unfortunately, post-war agricultural changes have diminished biodiversity on lowland farms, driven by government poli...
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Key points
Tagging is a very important technique for studying many aspects of wildlife biology and is widely used.
It is important to monitor any effect that the tagging process has on the animal.
This study compared two groups of juvenile salmon (smolts): an ‘experimental’ group that were captu...
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Hugo Straker is delighted to announce that Nick Hesford joined GWCT Scotland’s Advisory team on 1 March.
Nick joined our Uplands Research team in 2017 with a PhD in Biodiversity and Community Ecology. Based in the Scottish Borders, Nick has worked on a variety of both English and Scottish project...
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International Women’s Day has been marked on 8 March since 1913, when rallies were held to campaign for women's rights to work, vote, hold public office and end discrimination. Today it is a global day to celebrate and highlight the achievements of women while continuing to call for gender parity...
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Wetlands Ecologist and Lower Avon Valley Farmer Cluster Facilitator
Lizzie joined the GWCT in 2015. She works with breeding waders in Hampshire’s Avon Valley and facilitates the Lower Avon Valley Farmer Cluster to help improve habitat conditions and predator management, and monitor breeding succe...
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Reintroducing water voles to the River Dore
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Deer in small woods
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Most country estates keep records of the game shot on their land in game books. Many of these reach back into the 19th Century and some even earlier. They provide a unique data set about ...
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