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Releasing red-legged partridges can be both rewarding and frustrating with many shoots deciding to release a handful (circa 100-200) on the farm to add a little extra on shoot days. But often these additions achieve abysmal returns – around 10% for the time, effort and expense of releasing.
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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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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has been conserving the UK's wildlife for decades. But why do people join? Recently, we asked members for their stories about what made them join.
One member shared a story from the hot summer of 1976 when they spent a day with Dick Potts, looking at gr...
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As a Zoology student I’m not your typical shoot attendee. Many of my course mates have stigmatized the world of shooting, perceiving it as unnecessary and barbaric. This has in many places resulted in a social barrier between shooters and conservation – two sectors which I believe need to work t...
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By Jasmine Canham, GWCT Wildlife Recovery placement student
When I first started my degree in Environmental Conservation at Bangor University, I hadn’t actually planned to do a placement year. I didn’t know much about them so I decided I would take the ‘normal route’ and go straight into my third...
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A new ‘Wildlife Plot’ agri-environment option, which promises to be one of the best yet for biodiversity, has been developed as part of the GWCT’s PARTRIDGE Project on the Rotherfield Estate in Hampshire. Containing more than 20 species and based on years of research across Europe into the ideal ...
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