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Rotherfield Shoot
After 10 years the GWCT’s demonstration shoot at Rotherfield Park Estate in Hampshire came to an end in February. The aim of the shoot was to show how grey partridges and wider farmland biodiversity could be restored alongside running a pheasant shoot. Under the management of Ma...
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Steve Moreby’s career with the GWCT has spanned more than 40 years. During this time he has studied the diet of grey partridges and red grouse, and looked at agricultural management and its effects on insects. Along the way he has trained up a legion of young ecologists in insect identification, ...
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This year the Biometrics team has three students who are on placement here at the GWCT. Rachel Cook and George Scarisbrick from Bangor University will be working with the GIS team and moving to Wetlands during the fieldwork season in April; Ellie Raynor (from Manchester Metropolitan University) w...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
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The announcement of the Landscape Recovery element of the Environmental Land Management Scheme was greeted with enthusiasm by those who advocate rewilding approaches. Although the scheme wording does not refer to rewilding, th...
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Breeding Eurasian curlew numbers in the UK are estimated to have fallen by 65% since 1970, and this enigmatic wader is now of high conservation priority. The Scottish and English uplands currently represent the UK strongholds, but declines are starting to be detected in these areas, particularly ...
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One of the key pieces of research the GWCT team are currently working on is trying to prove exactly what is driving the decline in ground-nesting bird populations.
If you look at the red list of Birds of Conservation Concern you’ll notice lapwing, curlew, ringed plover and skylark are all red-li...
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Support our vital conservation work and win a truly unique shooting experience by entering one of our shoot raffles. Each raffle has a limited number of tickets available (but you can buy as many of these as you like to increase your chance of winning) and buyers from outside the UK can enter.
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On 27 March Natural Resources Wales, on behalf of Welsh Government, launched a 12-week public consultation on their proposals to license gamebird releasing in Wales. It is absolutely critical that everyone with an interest in shooting in Wales, whether from Wales or not, responds, offering const...
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By Ellie Jackson-Smith, Farmland Ecology Intern
On the evening of Wednesday 26 February, we hosted 15 Cub Scouts from 1st Sandleheath Sea Scouts for an interactive demonstration of the research we carry out. The evening worked towards their Nature Badge and was run to coincide with World Wildlife...
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By Jemma Gibson, GIS Placement Student
The D-Vac is a machine that has been used for sampling insects on the Trust’s long-term study areas since before I was born. It has a petrol motor, with a large fan and a tube for suction. It’s a heavy, smelly, dirty machine but it does the job. Insect sampl...
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