Farmland biodiversity adviser, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. My views are my own.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Joined February 2016
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Brief appearance from me on maternity leave. In March we filmed a piece for #Landward which aired last night! Find out how we've increased biodiversity at #Balgonie and why the farmer's so passionate about it. We appear 15 mins in tinyurl.com/5dhntsh5
##FarmingWithNature – at Scotland, United Kingdom
To help farmers and land managers with the #BFBC next week, @GwctScotland will be running FREE bird ID workshops in Fife and Aberdeenshire on the 2nd and 6th Feb. To book your place, see tinyurl.com/3czv3fcu
On Tuesday I had the absolute pleasure of doing a biodiversity assessment in East Lothian. Although under 100 ha in size with just a few fields, this farm shows what can be achieved with support and dedication #FarmingWithNature #BiodiversityAssessment #Biodiversity
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Applies to England but has reprocutions for farming in the rest of the UK. – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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🌿🐦 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 count! Let us know where you're counting and tag us in your photos 📸 using #BFBC2025!
Every count helps build a bigger picture of our farmland bird populations! 🐦💚
👉 Get involved: bfbc.org.uk #BigFarmlandBirdCount
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🎓 Applications for GWCT undergraduate placements close on Monday 6th January!
An exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in ecology, conservation, and data science, working on vital game & wildlife research across Britain.
Apply here 👉 gwct.org.uk/about/student-op…
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Overall winner of @Vogelwarte_scie bird photography competition 2024, taken by Christian Höfs, Germany. The Jury said: 'This image looks like a painting. Sadly, such a photo is impossible to take in Switzerland nowadays, because the #greypartridge is now extinct in Switzerland.
Shortlisted again! #FarmingWithNature – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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News from around Europe 3️⃣: #Greypartridge male scanning the area from atop a stone wall in Scotland. @fionntor
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#FarmWildlife_spotlight_species 40: Grey Partridge. The first sightings of Grey Partridge broods are often in late June or early July. Habitats that provide the chicks with abundant insect food and protection from predation are essential for their long-term survival🧵
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🌿 LISTEN TO THE LAND TALKS TENT 🌿
Join guest speakers, Fred Swift from West Loch Ness Farmer Cluster, Geoff Coates from Strathmore Wildlife Cluster and Andrew Douglas-Miller, who leads the Lunan Burn Cluster.
Join us on Saturday in the Advisory tent for this talk!
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The Grey Partridge has a special place in Dr. @ja_ewald's heart. We ♥️ birds that stick together.
To turn around the fortune of the grey partridge, we need your help. Help us advise farmers on how to boost grey partridge populations. gwct.org.uk/game/grey-partri…
@fbuner @GWCTScience @AllertonProject @fionntor @MeganRural @GwctScotland @GwctWales @PARTRIDGE_net
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"The Partridge is invaluable as an ecological barometer" #throwbackthursday #workingforwildlife
📢 Help us advise farmers on how to boost grey partridge populations: gwct.org.uk/game/grey-partri……
@GwctScotland @GwctWales @AllertonProject @GWCTScience @PARTRIDGE_net @fbuner @ja_ewald @MeganRural @fionntor
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I'm writing today about a cause that is close to our hearts at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. The grey partridge, not only our emblem but also a vital biodiversity indicator species, is in urgent need of help.
gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2024/…
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This amazing project is fighting for waders with great results, but very soon no funding. What will the future hold? @NatureScot @scottishfarmer @ScotGamekeepers @DavyMcCracken workingforwaders.com/blog/20…
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Did you know that the grey partridge is not only the GWCT's logo, but it is also a biodiversity indicator species? We need to take action to help the grey partridge #workingforwildlife
Watch our latest short film about Grey Partridges: youtube.com/watch?v=I3lX46rB…
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New #OpenAccess work by @ja_ewald et al. reports on fifty years of #monitoring changes in the abundance of #invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem of the Sussex Downs, England: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12742
#Agroecology #Biodiversity #InsectDeclines #LongTermStudies @WileyEcolEvol
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Please give this a go if you can - we learn so much from the findings. And we may be able to lend you a camera!
Alongside gathering data about wader breeding attempts, nest cameras highlight the amazing beauty of nesting birds - these Galloway lapwings have been busy over the last 2 days! Join the project and find out more - workingforwaders.com @NatureScot @DaveParish1 @Gameandwildlife
