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What is the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG)?The Lead Ammunition Group was set up in 2010 at the invitation of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The group was chaired by John Swift (BASC Chief Executive until 2013) and included a range ...
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European grayling are important for fisheries across Europe. However, some populations have declined in recent years.
This study aimed to understand how river flow and temperature can affect how well they survive from eggs to young fish.
Every autumn between 2009 and 2016, young grayl...
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Is game conservation part of nature conservation or are they opposing philosophies? This report argues that although there have been, and still are, some conflicts, on balance, nature conservation has benefited hugely from game management.
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Save our countryside and wildlife from the threat of gamebird releasing restrictions
By Teresa Dent CBE, GWCT Chief Executive
If you love our countryside, you will be aware of the serious challenges facing gamebird releasing in the UK. In England, Defra failed to reissue GL43 on ti...
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By Andrew Gilruth, GWCT Communications Director
When you or I walk through the countryside we take the sight of wildflowers, often found at the field edges, for granted. It never used to be this way. Before the publication of GWCT trials in the 1980s, wildlife on farms was considered ‘doomed’ by...
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Q: Are bee populations falling?A: Yes. In recent decades, there have been declines in the number of wild bee species and the number of wild bee colonies, and the area in which they thrive has become smaller.
Q: When did these declines start?A: In the US, there was a 59% loss in wild bee colonies ...
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The public aren’t being told about the vital work being done in the British countryside. You can change that today.
You don’t hear much about the good work done by farmers and land managers. How many people in our towns and cities know about the conservation work being done on farms every single...
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The public aren’t being told about the vital work being done in the British countryside. You can change that today.
You don’t hear much about the good work done by farmers and land managers. How many people in our towns and cities know about the conservation work being done on farms every single...
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Data on adult movement are collected by a Scottish Hydro-Electric (SHE) Mk Xb resistivity counter. The counter is connected to three stainless steel electrodes mounted 450mm apart on the Environment Agency venturi gauging weir at East Stoke (NGR SY 867868). The electrodes monitor the electrical r...
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