Interesting visit to GWCT’s Auchnerran demo farm with EU partners developing novel approaches to incentivise farmers to provide more environmental public goods. Agriculture, conservation & game management working together to increase #naturalcapital The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
This month our Shepherd, Dyfran Jenkins from our Scottish Demonstration Farm (Auchnerran) has recently acquired some new tups, which arrived two weekends ago from Dalmally. They are looking great and ready to go to work next month!
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Waders now arriving at Auchnerran. Very early days but initial monitoring confirms two nests predated by rooks - here taking a red-listed lapwing egg. Interesting as The Guardian and Patrick Grundmeier were both recently targeted for suggesting this - ‘ecologically illiterate’ was the cry!
Stocktake at GWCT Auchnerran. GWCT is pioneering high biodiversity / low carbon farming at our Allerton farm in Leicestershire and our Scottish demonstration farm within the Cairngorms National Park #farming #agriculture #livestock #lowcarbon #biodiversity #conservation #sheep
'Winter grasses, Auchnerran'
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Interesting day at Auchnerran yday for The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust farm walk and talk! Particularly enjoyed listening to Nikki Yoxall talk about mob grazing and it’s ability to increase the carrying capacity of land whilst yielding economic and ecological benefits in the right context 💰🌳🐄🦋
One of our new recruits at GWCT Auchnerran. Great to see our waders thriving alongside sustainable farming #conservation #birds #ecology #nature #waders #farming #agriculture #ornithology #sustainable #biodiversity
Some fantastic wild bird seed mixtures on the The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Demonstration Farm in #Auchnerran . Our Highland Mix is flourishing and our Alba Mix has some very happy residents 🐝
Circuit of Auchnerran from #LogieColdstone #HoweOfCromar #Deeside today via #PoldhuWells A breezy and bracing pre Christmas wander. That’s your fault/inspiration Alan Munro Moonwalker 😉
A great update from The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust wader work at Auchnerran - 'Habitat use and mortality of Lapwing chicks on a hill-edge farm' Dave Parish BTO Scotland Davy McCracken RSPB Scotland NFU Scotland Johann Lamont workingforwaders.com/news/2019/5/22…
