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The GWCT-led Interreg NSR PARTRIDGE project is running a trans-national survey of the opinions that farmers and hunters have of agri-environmental schemes. One of the chief aims of the PARTRIDGE project is to influence future agri-environment schemes (AES) across our six partner countries – Eng...
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GWCT students Rosa Hicks and Piera Coleman explain why you should do the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count in February
For the 10th year, the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count is back, with farmers, land managers and gamekeepers taking to their fields to count some of the iconic British birds that share th...
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Written by Phil Warren, Senior Research Scientist
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Photo credit: Laurie Campbell
In the UK, grey partridges are primarily associated with lowland cereal farms and were common and widespread up until the Second World War. They have since undergone a severe population decline, chief...
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Last week marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. So I thought it would be an apt time to reflect on my last few months as a placement student in the Scottish Lowlands research department.
“No day is the same”
Although this expression is greatly overused, in this role, it cou...
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These are the headline questions we are asking in this year’s Game and Conservation Benchmarking Survey. The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has been involved in the survey for many years, assisting Savills with the conservation element of this important survey.
The survey has...
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By Jemma Gibson, GIS Placement Student
Everyone is probably exhausted by thinking about COVID-19 and the horrendously trying situations that most of the country have found themselves in – I know I am. However, this pandemic created a new environment in which life is changing forever. The way we w...
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Welcome to the latest bulletin from the Isle of Wight group of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust.
The role of the County Group is threefold; fundraising, as this is the most important source of research funds for the Trust, membership, generating new members through the organisation of ev...
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education. This article first appeared in Shooting Times.
Photo Credit: Peter Thompson
Writing in a September heatwave, it is easy to forget that it has been a funny old spring and summer. It started with a frosty April, followed by a cold wet May...
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- Do what you can for wildlife
Whether it’s creating an insect hotel, making the habitat changes you’ve been putting off, planning your grey squirrel strategy or reading up on best practice, now is a great time.
- Get ready for next year’s Big Farmland Bird Count
The 2020 Big Farmland Bird Count ...
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Some red and amber-listed species may still be shot (Birdwatch Magazine, issue 338:42-45), but as Julian Thomas rightly says there is no evidence it drives declines. In contrast there is strong evidence, from across Europe, that shooting can provide the crucial long-term motive to improve habitat...
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