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Q: Why is fox control important for the conservation of our game and wildlife?A: Wild ground-nesting birds like black grouse, partridge, lapwing and curlew are particularly vulnerable to predation by foxes, as are brown hares. Several of these are species of conservation concern; others are game ...
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The establishment of a new Farmer Cluster begins with the identification of a lead farmer – a good farmer, respected in the community and prepared to lead, with strong green credentials. Farmer Clusters are designed to be farmer-led from the ground up, so the right choice of lead farmer is import...
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Tamara Spivey (Scottish Lowlands)
Ellen Knight (Farmland Ecology)
I’ve had a fantastic year working in the Farmland Ecology Unit at the Trust. The placement has allowed me to work on a variety of projects, from spending days walking around farms catching bumblebees to surveying woodlands for woo...
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The term ‘songbirds’ is typically used for the small passerine birds of farmland and woodland such as tits, warblers, thrushes, finches and sparrows. Many of them are resident all year round, like the tits, sparrows and most finches.
Others are migrants, being either present as breeders in the UK...
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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...
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Head of Geographical Information Science
Julie has been with the GWCT since 1995. She grew up on a mixed farm in northeast Nebraska, USA, becoming the first person in her family to go to university. After studying parasitology in the States, Julie boarded a commercial aircraft for the first time ...
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Game shooting provides an incentive to manage game animals and their habitats. This investment in wildlife management and habitat ameliorates the effects of intensive farming or forestry so improving conservation in the countryside as a whole.
The term wise use, when applied to hunting, is based ...
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Key findings
The abundance of insects eaten by farmland birds and grey partridge chicks depended on the percentage cover and types of weeds present.
At least 10% weed cover by desirable species is needed for insect food for grey partridge chicks.
Ever since the pioneering research conducted in ...
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The origins of Game Conservancy USA in 1985 arose from conversations between members of the Game Conservancy Trust (GCT, UK) and B.Z. Lee, founding president of the organization initially called “American Friends of the Game Conservancy” (AFGC). Mr. Lee met with then GCT Vice-Chairman The Earl P...
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