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A RECORD number of farmers participated in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count, leading to 81 per cent more birds being counted over one million hectares of British farmland. The annual nationwide survey, organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and sponsored by the NFU for the past three years, showed some encouraging results. Despite much of the country being blanketed in snow during the survey period (February 5-21), 2,500 counts were returned. This represents a 65 ...

Published: 6:00 PM April 9, 2021    A song thrush was among the species spotted by farmers during the Great Farmland Bird Count - Credit: Andy Morffew Organisers of an annual farmland bird count have expressed delight as participation in the event more than doubled this year. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Big Farmland Bird Count recorded sightings of a total of 25 species on the Red List for Birds of Conservation Concern — with eight appearing in the 25 most frequently s...

Farmers take part in record breaking Big Farmland Bird Count 8 April 2021 | Surveys were undertaken in every county of England and across much of Scotland, NI and Wales A record number of farmers participated in this years Big Farmland Bird Count despite Februarys bad weather and lockdown restrictions. Participation in the annual nationwide survey of farmland birds, which took place between 5-21 February, has more than doubled compared to last year. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT...

UK’s biggest ever farmland bird count shows farmers committing to conservation... News 07 Apr 2021 Participation in an annual nationwide survey of farmland birds has more than doubled. Britain’s farmers and gamekeepers have shown their long-term commitment to conservation alongside productive land-use by completing this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count in record numbers. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Dr Roger Draycott, who organised the count, said “We could not be mo...

BirdGuides fa7cdfdf-56f0-4fbc-ac20-d4122c17704f Three Cardueline finches can be seen throughout much of Britain and Ireland, but numbers of each are in decline, with all three Red-listed as Birds of Conservation Concern, so seeing any of them will brighten up a days birding. They can appear confusingly similar – small, brown and streaky. Breeding males are the most distinctive, but other plumages are much trickier. Andy Stoddart provides all the information and advice yo...

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The white-tailed eagle has a wingspan of over two metres Credit: Nature Picture Library/Andy Trowbridge Wandering through the Sandringham Estate, one may hope to spot a skylark in full song – or perhaps even a member of the Royal Family out for a stroll.  Soon, however, tourists are likely to be startled by the sight of the giant wings and hooked beak of Britains largest eagle as the royals welcome the work of local re-wilders hoping to bring them back. Wild Ken Hill – a farm recently ta...

BirdGuides 683d7fe0-a0e2-4626-925a-e1dd4e0b3790 An adult Glaucous Gull, found freshly dead at Lough Baun, on the Co Mayo coast west of Louisburgh on 10 January, is suspected to have been shot. The sad discovery is the latest in a line of unexplained incidents from the coastline between Roonah Quay and Cross Lough in recent years, all involving gulls. This is the third Glaucous Gull to be found dead there in such circumstances in the last few years alone – for the dis...

NATIONAL conservation bodies have raised concerns over a £60m scheme to improve safety on a major cross-Pennine route which has repeatedly been hit by landslips. The RSPB and Natural England have warned North Yorkshire County Council its plan to build a 3.9km-long new section of the A59 at Kex Gill could cause significant damage to endangered wildlife and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). While the authority is still awaiting a decision over Government funding to r...

A grant from the Governments Green Recovery Challenge Fund will be used by the RSPB to support the recovery of the curlew. Photo: Gavin Thomas NATIONAL conservation bodies have raised concerns over a £60m scheme to improve safety on a major cross-Pennine route which has repeatedly been hit by landslips. The RSPB and Natural England have warned North Yorkshire County Council its plan to build a 3.9km-long new section of the A59 at Kex Gill could cause significant damage to endangered wildli...