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Farmers do a lot for Britain’s rural environment, but there is only so much that an individual, acting in isolation, can do on his or her own farm. The Farmer Cluster concept, developed by the GWCT in association with Natural England, is a plan to help a number of farmers work more cohesively tog...
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Despite it being the wettest winter since records began in 1910 more than 500 farmers, managing nearly half-million acres of UK farmland, rose to the challenge of counting their farmland birds during the second week in February in the first Big Farmland Bird Count.
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It’s that time of year again when the GWCT is promoting its Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) to farmers and land managers, which in 2018 will take place between the 9 and 18 of February. But why should you bother?
The recent publication by Defra of the up-to-date assessment of UK bird populations s...
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As the West of Scotland Committee prepared for the annual black tie dinner at Oran Mor in Glasgow on 12 March, we had no idea it would be many of our guests’ last social outing, and our last fundraising event for the foreseeable future.
Guests were piped into Oran Mor, where they enjoyed deliciou...
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A1. Do you agree that requiring an individual licence for the sites in Group 1 and excluding the sites from list in Group 2 from the scope of the general licence will help minimise negative impacts on the relevant protected sites in an effective and proportionate manner?
We do not agree with the ...
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Gamebirds and waterfowl
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Pheasant
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1 Sept - 1 Feb
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Dear Scottish member
I have now been in post for five months as the Director for The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust for Scotland, having taken over from Dr Adam Smith, who has moved to be Director (Policy). There is a lot going on, much of which you will be aware, and the aim of this lett...
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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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Common kestrel
The Hovering Hunter, the Windhover.
When I was a child, my only way of enduring long car journeys was the prospect of counting kestrels hovering beside the motorway, but recently I have noticed they are less frequent along the busy roads in Hampshire and seemingly more abundant in ...
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