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In light of recent coverage in The Guardian and The Herald, we would like to take this opportunity to revisit a blog post we wrote in December 2014:
If you walk through a Scottish pine forest and are lucky enough to hear and then see a ‘Horse of the Woods’ you will be amazed. That’s because the s...
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Our team of 80 scientists undertake research throughout England, Scotland and Wales, covering subjects ranging fro...
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Pioneering research breakthrough
For many reasons the country’s national conservation strategy is not working well enough.
Without a focus on solutions that achieve greater breeding success, local declines may become local extinctions.
There is evidence that this is happening right now, and it ma...
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THIS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED
The Highland Big Four raffle has been drawn with the winning ticket number, 256, belonging to Mr Anthony Trahar who lives in Gloucestershire. Upon receiving the call, Anthony expressed huge surprise as “I never win anything” and needed a fair bit of convincing that it w...
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GWCT research in the uplands and lowlands shows that the control of predatory species such as crows is important for the conservation of gamebirds, wading birds and songbirds.
General Licences authorise the control of certain bird pest species including crows, gulls and pigeons. Reasons specified...
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Key points
In the UK, farmland songbird populations have been declining since the 1960s. Over the same period, the populations of some nest predators, for example magpies and crows, have increased.
Studies looking at predator removal have shown mixed results. Removing nest predators does not alw...
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