A blackbird spotted at Auchnerran RESULTS ARE in for Scotland's latest Big Farmland Bird Count, with a big increase in the number of farmers taking part. This was the eighth annual BFBC, organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, and it received a record numbers of responses from across the UK. In Scotland, 117 farmers took part and recorded 93 species across more than 98,000 acres – a 45% increase in participation compared to last year. The BFBC was launched in 2014 to highlight the positive work done by farmers and gamekeepers in helping to reverse the decline in farmland bird numbers. The count offers a simple means of recording the effect of any conservation work currently being instigated by farmers and gamekeepers on their land, such as scatter feeding birds through winter or growing crops specifically to provide seed for birds.