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By Jenny Coomes and Dr. Jen Brewin
This spring, GWCT researchers will be starting a new research project looking into one of the most contentious issues around the release of gamebirds in the UK: the idea that gamebird releasing may support foxes and other generalist predators into...
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By Adam Watts, Scottish Research Assistant
The UK has long been known as a country of animal lovers, with our wildlife and countryside inspiring songs and art for centuries. However, in the UK we are also sadly one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, and a number of our beloved sp...
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Thank you all for your help throughout 2022 in raising the profile of the great outcomes achievable from positive game management and the actions which have come from this research and actions developed by the Trust over the last 91 years.
Political and policy issues keep mounting, with the propo...
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In the 33 years since joining the Trust in 1989, Andrew Hoodless has worked on key GWCT research projects which have gone on to influence policy and best practice. The Upland Predation Experiment in Northumberland, work to quantify the effects of gamebird releasing on woodland wildlife and studie...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The GWCT supports the return of native species including by reintroduction – after all we have been party to some of them! However, we are of the view that all reintroductions must follow International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gu...
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Written by Beth Brown, GWCT PARTRIDGE Project placement student
They chitter and they chatter, they are a busy little bird we call the house sparrow. House sparrows are a species close to many people’s hearts and homes, typically thought of as a garden bird, but can be found in urban and rural ar...
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By Matt Goodall, GWCT Cymru Advisor and Head of Education
On 16 May, final amendments were considered for the Agriculture (Wales) Bill in the Senedd. This bill outlines the Welsh Government’s proposal to prohibit the use of any snare (including licensed use) or other cable restraint. A previous b...
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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Whilst there was much to be positive about in the recent announcement by the Defra Secretary of State on the 2024 SFI offer in terms of its support for farming (see Comprehensive new SFI scheme a big step forward – the GWCT response), we are disappo...
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By Fiona Torrance, Farmland Biodiversity Advisor, GWCT Scotland
Last year I was given the unenviable challenge of developing farmer clusters in Scotland. Although farmer clusters have been going in England since 2012 and have been immensely successful (with over 100 connected to GWCT now establis...
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By Fiona Torrance, GWCT Scotland Farmland Biodiversity Advisor and Project Manager for the PepsiCo FAB project
Historically, Scottish agri-environmental schemes have found it difficult to find a balance between establishing measures for biodiversity and ensuring that the system itself works for f...
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