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NEW GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER
A new government white paper on the environment and bio diversity will be published next year and submissions from interested parties had to be lodged with DEFRA by 30th October ....read more »

 

NEW CORVID REMOVAL STUDY
During 2010 a pilot study was carried out for us by the Games and Wildlife Conservation Trust to test the methodology to be used to assess the impact of corvids (Magpies and Crows) on the survival of fledged broods

This pilot has clearly shown that the method used for this assessment worked well....read more »
HELP WANTED FOR TURTLE DOVE RESEARCH
East Anglian farmers are being asked to help scientists work out why turtle doves are disappearing from the countryside. Turtle dove populations have fallen across the England and Wales by 88% since 1970.

In partnership with Natural England, the RSPB has begun a three-year project, with trial plots of seed-rich crops being sown across East Anglia....read more »
RAT EXTERMINATION TO SAVE RARE ISLAND BIRDS
The RSPB is to drop bait from helicopters on to a remote Pacific island in a £1.7 million project...read more »
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SONGBIRD SURVIVAL
THE PROBLEM
Songbird numbers have crashed In only one generation. Farmland birds have halved, some have fared worse.
WHY? Habitat loss and modern farming get the blame...BUT Habitat is improving...
sbs Broadleaved woodland is up a third since 1947
sbs Each year 4,400 km of hedges have been planted annually
sbs 5,700km of derelict hedgerows have been restored
sbs 70% of farms are now in Agri-environment schemes - farmers are paid to look after wildlife
Songbird numbers should have recovered but they haven't....WHY NOT?
SongBird Survival says:
sbs Rising levels of uncontrolled predation are ignored
sbs Existing research is out-of-date and flawed
sbs New High-Quality research is urgently needed

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