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Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK coastline. The curlew population has…
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Curlew (Numenius arquata) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK coastline. The curlew population has…
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Redshank (Tringa Totanus) The Redshank is probably the least familiar of the five farmland waders. Formerly widespread throughout Scottish farmland, the highest numbers are now…
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Smaller than other farmland waders, the snipe has streaky brown plumage, a very long straight bill and a secretive nature. Although widespread,…
Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – A Practical Guide
Surveying Farmland Wading Birds – a Practical Guide We know that farmland wading birds are declining due to national ‘citizen science’ surveys, such as bird atlases and the annual Breeding…
Predator Control For the Conservation of Ground-Nesting Birds
Predator control for the conservation of ground-nesting birds can sometimes be a controversial issue. In this podcast, Senior Conservation Consultant at SAC Consulting, Paul Chapman, discusses the practicalities with NatureScot’s…
Multi-species Grassland Management for Productivity
In this podcast the Farm Advisory Service sits down with farm manager and regenerative agriculture enthusiast, Iain Graham. With the need to balance the demands of farming in a more…
Nutrient Strategy – Green Manures
In this episode George Gauley is joined by David Fuller – Shapcott from Sweethope Farm, near Kelso along with Audrey Litterick from Earth care technical. David uses a low tillage…
Soil Association Scotland’s Farming with Nature Knowledge Transfer Programme
Farming with Nature (FWN) was a three-year knowledge transfer and skills development programme designed to work with farmers, crofters and environmental practitioners to support nature friendly farming by integrating profitable…
The Healthy ‘BEES’ (Bee Education in Scotland) Final Report 2017 to 2020
The Healthy ‘BEES’ (Bee Education in Scotland) Project was a 3 year training programme of 24 intermediate and advanced beekeeping courses across Scotland with an overall aim to improve honey…
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