The annual UK-wide count, run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), is scheduled for February 5-14. To help farmers understand what’s involved, the union is hosting a joint webinar with the GWCT on Monday, February 1, at 7pm via Zoom. The webinar is free and open to all and will hear from FUW president Glyn Roberts, FUW member John Yeomans and Matthew Goodall and Lee Oliver from the GWCT, who will be discussing the birds that we might see and suggest some ideas on what can happen on farms to encourage more bird activity. FUW president Glyn Roberts said: “The aim of the Big Farmland Bird Count is to raise awareness of the great conservation work being done on farms across Wales and to highlight what can be done to help farmland birds survive this difficult time of year so that the breeding populations are increased.
Farmers to showcase farmland bird conservation work
24 January 2021 |
Farmers and gamekeepers play a crucial role in the future survival of farmland birds
Farmers are being encouraged to get behind this year s Big Farmland Bird Count to showcase the conservation work being done on farms across the country.
The Big Farmland Bird Count returns in 2021, and organisers are asking farmers and land managers - who look after 71% of Britain s countryside - to join in.
The project helps show which farmland birds are benefitting from conservation efforts while identifying the species most in need of help.
The annual count, run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), is scheduled for the 5 – 14 February 2021.
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Farmers invited to get involved in Big Bird Count By David G Scott
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Updated: 11:48, 13 January 2021
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Members of the Caithness farming community are invited to get involved in a country-wide bird conservation initiative next month.
Last year more than 1500 farmers took part across the UK in the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), the most since it was launched in 2014 by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and more than 120 bird species were recorded.
In Scotland 81 species were recorded across 81,362 acres. Nineteen of these were red-listed, with the five most commonly seen species being blackbird, pheasant, robin, blue tit and carrion crow.
The Big Farmland Bird Count is winging its way you - Dr Dave Parish
Last year more than 1,500 farmers across Britain overcame challenging February conditions to make the 2020 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) the biggest across the UK since it was launched in 2014.
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The five most commonly seen farmland species in Scotland last year were the blackbird (above), pheasant, robin, blue tit and carrion crow