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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 per cent increase in the number of counts submitted compared to 2020. A total of 25 species from t...

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 seen species list.  Farmers, gamekeepers and land managers spent 30 minutes recording the bird speci...

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 year's Big Farmland Bird Count despite February's 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), which organises the initiative, said 2,500 counts were turned in for 2021. This represents a 65...

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 more delighted with the response to this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count. Despite much of the co...

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 day's 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 you need to recognise each in the field, in all plumages. Male Common Linnet (Norderney, Germany, 25 ...