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Birds > Mammals > Insects > Woodland Biodiversity > Upland Biodiversity > Lowland Heathland >   As our name indicates, we conduct a large amount of research on non-game/quarry species. This work goes back to our research on farmland when we noticed how butterflies and rare arab...

Consultation: on the passion for Welsh game shooting and the resulting benefits for wildlife

I want to take this opportunity to thank all 581 of you that responded to our survey on what gameshooting means for people in Wales and the countryside. We have now published our final report and you can download it here. This is the first time that those involved in game shooting in Wales have ...

Fisheries

Poole Harbour salmon research

We are working in collaboration with the licensed salmon nets in Poole Harbour to study the survival of salmon that are released from net fisheries. Fish have been both PIT tagged and tagged with acoustic pinger tags and released at the netting site. The research is in its early stages but we hav...

Studying the survival of seaward-migrating fish in estuaries

Key points Wild Atlantic salmon populations have declined significantly across their range in the last 40 years. Scientists are concerned that the fish are encountering more challenges in the marine stage of their lifecycle than previously thought, which could be due to increased human activity ...

Our research into the consequences of pheasant releasing

The issues surrounding the release of millions of reared gamebirds (mostly pheasants, but also red-legged partridges) have come to prominence recently, prompting some inaccurate debate regarding the impact they have on their environment and on the animals and plants that share those environments ...

Fisheries Blog

Pheasant Research Appeal

Help drive up the conservation benefits of pheasant releasing I am sure that you, like me, have found yourself locked in conversation about the impact of game management. When it is done to the highest standards, the conservation benefits are there for all to see - more farmland birds, well-maint...

Pheasant Research Appeal

Help drive up the conservation benefits of pheasant releasing by Professor Nick SothertonDirector of Research, Advisory and Education I am sure that you, like me, have found yourself locked in conversation about the impact of game management. When it is done to the highest standards, the conserva...

Pheasant Research Appeal

Help drive up the conservation benefits of pheasant releasing Your support for this research can help increase the positive impact of game management for years to come. Please help provide the science and make it happen. Give to this appeal > How you can help £50 to collect five soil samples f...