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Developing scientifically researched game and wildlife management techniques, to improve biodiversity across the countryside.
Joined August 2022
#Redgrouse numbers in Scotland down 35% in 2025 due to poor 2024 breeding season📉 . GWCT Dr Nick Hesford & Dr Felix Meister spoke to @bbcalba & @BBCRadioScot about the results. Listen here: More info:
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Incredible footage from our Uplands team!😱 . While monitoring #RedGrouse nests the team found a young female #adder inspecting the egg remains. 🐍 . This is nest from a #radiotagged hen in the red grouse project. Luckily for the grouse the nest had hatched 4 days earlier!🐣
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First nest of newly hatched #cornbunting chicks has been found for 2025! 🐣. These are part of a #nest monitoring project in our #farmlandecology department. The project aims to better understand key parts of their ecology, such as their fledging success and diet. 🪱🐛
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Did you spot our #conservationists on ITV news⁉️. Our #BlackGrouse Translocation Project in the Uplands was featured! 💚. Black Grouse lekking behaviour is a special sight and hopefully this project will bring it back to more of the UK. If you missed it:.
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RT @Gameandwildlife: ⏰ Time is ticking for Curlew in Wales. The Curlew Connections Wales Project is fighting to save the Curlew #WorldCurle….
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RT @fbuner: Put another @PerdixDigital camera on one of our 50 kestrel boxes across the #SelborneLandscapePartnership #farmercluster, yeste….
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Have you seen the #FarmerCluster training course produced by our Farmland Ecology Team? . This course is for #Pioneers in farming and ecology. Free to sign up for insights on cluster organisation, #monitoring and #communication.
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RT @PerdixDigital: Fantastic to be working with @fbuner and @Gameandwildlife to provide remote camera monitoring through our PERDIXPro plat….
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Just a few days left to submit your #bigfarmlandbirdcount.
We've just submitted our BFBC haul for 2025! Don't forget the deadline is March 17th!
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Fantastic news this week!.
👏 Some good news for #humpday. The GWCT Uplands Research team have GPS tagged several black grouse females in Weardale and Teesdale in the North Pennines. We are excited to learn more about their brood foraging habits this coming spring!. *All birds caught and tagged under
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RT @Gameandwildlife: Great to hear GWCT's Max Wright chatting with BBC Radio Scotland at our GWCT Demonstration Farm in Auchnerran! 🎙️ Mark….
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#Soil sampling is underway for the H3 #regenerative farming project! 🌱. Our #researchers are digging down to 21cm deep, fighting through layers of soil and stones! 🪱. Well done to the Farmland Ecology and Wetlands teams, and partners sampling the soil eDNA from @sheffielduni !
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Inspiring words from @AdamHenson at the #Bigfarmlandbirdcount launch. 🪶. By submitting your count you can help us improve our understanding of #Britishfarming, agriculture and the birds it is home to. 🌱🐦
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Fantastic day! .So great to see such a range of people bracing the cold to kick off the #Bigfarmlandbirdcount at the @CotswoldFarmPrk 🐦.
A huge thank you to @AdamHenson and Team for helping us launch the #Bigfarmlandbirdcount at the @CotswoldFarmPrk 🐦. @GWCTScience @GwctScotland @GwctWales @AllertonProject @JoeWStanley @Kingscrops @NFUtweets @Perdixwildlife
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You have two weeks starting now to contribute to our national understanding of our farmland #birds!. Get out and complete your count 🐦.
🌿🐦 It's here! The 2025 GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count starts TODAY! 🦅🌾. From 7th-23rd Feb, farmers, gamekeepers & land managers across the UK will spend 30 minutes counting birds to help track our farmland species! 📊🔎. Grab your binoculars 🧐, head outside 🚜, and join the
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Fantastic to hear @nathfwilliams speaking about his recent findings on @BBCRadioSolent 🗣 regarding the impact of #foodwaste on fox populations in the New Forest. 🦊🌳. Listen here: . 👂. Photo credit: Laurie Campbell
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Important insights from this paper! 🪺🦊. When our #foodwaste isn't properly contained, the unintended ripple effects can be severe. 🍌🥪🍟.
🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨. Is food waste fueling fox predation on breeding birds in the New Forest? 🦊🍽️. Our new plain English summary paper dives into the relationship between fox diets and human-sourced food, exploring how food waste may be supporting fox populations and
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Are you ready for the #BigFarmlandBirdCount 2025?!? . Help contribute to this crucial science 🐦. #followthescience.
The #BigFarmlandBirdCount starts next Friday, February 7th! 🦅🌾 . Help us track farmland bird populations and contribute to vital conservation work. It's easy, fun, and anyone can take part! Check out more info & get ready to spot your favorites at 🐦💚
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