2017

With a chilly and snow-covered start to the day, this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count on our Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran reaped some encouraging results.

Count organiser Jim Egan reports on a busy start to this year's Big Farmland Bird Count.

Today marks the start of our Big Farmland Bird Count and what a build-up we have had this year for this very special event. GWCT Scotland ran three very successful Big Farmland Bird ID Days across the country and even across the water in Northern Ireland.

GWCT Head of Advisory Roger Draycott reports from Austria where he has just run a successful farmland bird ID Day.

Graham Hartwell, Environmental Stewardship Manager at BASF, discusses his enthusiasm for the Big Farmland Bird Count.

Kirsty Brannan, RSPB Senior Conservation Officer, discusses the benefits enjoyed by local farmers working together.

Find out how you can do your best to get birds through the winter hungry gap.

We're launching a unique software programme that makes it easier for farmers to record and access their precious long-term farmland bird data