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The Trust has conducted research on farmland wildlife since the late 1960s and this has included ecological studies of individual species, habitats, systems and long-term changes. Unfortunately, post-war agricultural changes have diminished biodiversity on lowland farms, driven by government poli...
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Following last winter’s extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels and the heated debate that followed between the farming community and conservationists about how best to mitigate future flooding, the Game & Wildlife APPG thought it was time to have a discussion about how best to manage and bal...
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GWCT Wales are disappointed with Welsh Government’s announcement that the whole of Wales will be made into a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. Sue Evans said “We were hoping that Welsh Government would come back with a more imaginative tailored solution to the agri pollution problems we face in Wales. One...
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The undulating fields to the west of the farm are all now permanent grassland. Due to their topography and stoniness, parts of them have never been ploughed, but the main areas have all seen the plough at some point in the past. Faint plough lines can still be seen round the edges, but this will ...
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There is increasing pressure for agri-environment schemes to deliver greater benefits and farmland to provide more food. Therefore if the value of agri-environment schemes could be extended to support additional species, provide extra functions such as reducing soil erosion and generating nitroge...
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Help drive up the conservation benefits of pheasant releasing
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This EU Habitat Action Plan was published by the European Commission in 2020. It provides guidance to maintain and restore European dry heaths to a favourable conservation status. Dry heaths are wide open landscapes, typically occurring on free-draining soil that has a relatively low nutrient con...
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Around 10% of the Auchnerran tenancy is arable land, which can be tilled. Most of these fields lie to the north and eastern sides of the farm. A wide range of crops can be grown; the fields have been (under) sown to barley in the past, and we will grow forage turnips and kale.
Most of this land w...
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February saw the fifth annual Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, and sponsored by BASF, with record numbers of participants and species recorded.
Over 1000 farmers took part and recorded 121 species across over 950,000 acres. That’s more farmer...
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Background
Effects on bees
Regulations
Background
Q: What are neonicotinoids?A: Neonicotinoids (neonics) are a class of systemic insecticides, meaning that they are absorbed throughout the plant. The first commercial neonic, Imidacloprid, was patented by Bayer in 1985 and became widely...
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