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Will you help us to prove what’s driving nest losses?
By Dr Andrew Hoodless, GWCT Director of Research
You and I both know that many ground-nesting birds are in desperate need of help.
If you look at the red list of Birds of Conservation Concern, it’s there for all to see. Lapwing, curlew, ringe...
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With your help we can come out of the pandemic even stronger
By Teresa Dent CBE, GWCT Chief Executive
3 minute read
A year on from the start of the pandemic, your support has given us hope and enabled us to keep going – thank you. When the pandemic hit last March, we forecast a drop in income of...
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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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The widespread adoption of agri-environment schemes is seen as the best way to improve farmland biodiversity. Yet if this approach is to be applied efficiently and successfully we first need to know:
Does active management (comparable to the HLS approach with advisory back up) compared to farm m...
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Summary
Effective fox control is an integral part of wildlife management, for conserving wild species of ground nesting birds and game birds. Snaring plays an important role in fox control in some circumstances. If snares are well designed and used strictly according to the Defra Code of Practice...
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Pens are used for releasing both pheasants and partridges. Crucially they provide safety, especially from ground predators, while the birds acclimatise to life in the wild. Partridge releasing differs from pheasant releasing so GWCT information for partridges can be found here. Of the two species...
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Why do we need these principles?
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust promotes best practice game management as a force for good for nature conservation and environmental improvement on farmland, woodland, moorland and wetland. By establishing principles, we want to promote best practice an...
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Key points
Insect and other invertebrate numbers are declining across Europe.
This study looked at the importance of weeds in crops for invertebrate numbers.
The number and diversity of invertebrates increased as arable weeds increased.
Certain weed species were most beneficial for invertebrates...
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Once hatched, partridge chicks walk away from their nests following their parents in search of food. They are not fed at the nest like skylark or blackbird chicks. At this stage the parents lead their chicks into brood-rearing covers such as cereal fields, waste ground and unimproved pastures th...
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Maize
Advantages
A wonderfully reliable crop for holding game and allows excellent control of broad-leaved weeds, so can be useful in a cover crop rotation.
Disadvantages
Can attract rats and badgers.
It is not funded within Stewardship and does not offer food for smaller birds.
Can only relia...
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