Research projects by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in 2019 FARMLAND RESEARCH IN 2019 Project title
Description
Chick-food and farming systems
A comparison of grey partridge chick-food in conven- John Holland, Steve Moreby, Private funds tional and organically farmed crops and habitats Belinda Bown, Jade Hemsley, Dan Kosky, Clementine Bourgeois
Staff
2015- ongoing
Long-term trends in beetles
Beetle abundance and diversity in Sussex 40 years on John Holland, Steve Moreby, Julie Ewald, Adam McVeigh
2016-2019
Long-term monitoring
Monitoring of wildlife on BASF demonstration farms
John Holland, Niamh McHugh, Belinda BASF Bown, Amy Corrin, Ellen Knight, Jayna Connelly, Ellie Jackson-Smith, Dan Kosky, Clementine Bourgeois
2017- ongoing
Chick-food invertebrate levels
Chick-food invertebrate levels in crops and non-crop habitats on three estates
John Holland, Steve Moreby, Belinda Bown, Adam McVeigh, Amy Corrin, Ellen Knight, Jayna Connelly, Ellie Jackson-Smith
2017- ongoing
Evaluation of cultivated margin Evaluation of invertebrate and botanical option effectiveness and explo- composition of annually cultivated and floristicallyration of their natural capital enhanced margins
Funding source
Core funds
Private funds, The Millichope Foundation
John Holland, Niamh McHugh, Belinda NE Bown, Adam McVeigh, Jade Hemsley, Amy Corrin, Ellen Knight, Susan Hammond, Jayna Connelly, Ellie Jackson-Smith
Date
2018-2020
Pilot within-field monitoring Pilot study to evaluate sticky traps as a potential John Holland, Niamh McHugh, Belinda study to predict Barley Yellow within-field monitoring and decision support system Bown, Adam McVeigh, Ellen Knight, Dwarf Virus (BYDV) risk (see p14) to predict the risk of BYDV Amy Corrin, Clementine Bourgeois
AHDB
2018-2020
Acoustic detectors for Evaluation of acoustic detectors for monitoring woodcock (see p16) monitoring woodcock
Niamh McHugh, Chris Heward, Andrew Hoodless, Dionne Jenkins
Dick Potts Legacy Fund
2018- ongoing
Invertebrate sampling methods Comparison of Dvac, sweep net and vortis suction sampling techniques
Steve Moreby
Core funds
2018- ongoing
Farmland bumblebee project
Monitoring of bumblebee distributions
John Holland, Matt Holland, Ellen Knight, NFU Amy Corrin, Clementine Bourgeois
2019
BEESPOKE
Increasing the area of pollinator habitat and pollination
John Holland, Niamh McHugh, Adam McVeigh, Jade Hemsley, Jayna Connelly, Ellie Jackson-Smith
2019-2023
PhD: Solitary bees
Seed mixes for solitary bees
Rachel Nichols. Supervisors: John Holland, NERC/GWCT Prof Dave Goulson (University of Sussex)
2018- ongoing
PhD: Biodiversity footprint of foods
Creating an index of crop-farming traits to assess the biodiversity footprint of foods
Helen Waters. Supervisors: John Holland, NERC/GWCT Alfred Gathorne-Hardy (University of Edinburgh), Barbara Smith (Coventry University)
2019- ongoing
EU Interreg NSR
ALLERTON PROJECT RESEARCH IN 2019 Project title
Description
Staff
Monitoring wildlife at Loddington (see p18)
Annual monitoring of game species, songbirds, invertebrates, plants and habitat
Chris Stoate, John Szczur, Alastair Leake, Allerton Project funds Steve Moreby, Jamie Holland
Effect of game management at Loddington
Effect of ceasing predator control and winter feeding Chris Stoate, Alastair Leake, on nesting success and breeding numbers of songbirds John Szczur
Allerton Project funds
2001- ongoing
Water Friendly Farming
A landscape-scale experiment testing integration of resource protection and flood risk management with farming in the upper Welland
Chris Stoate, John Szczur, Jeremy Briggs, Penny Williams, (Freshwater Habitats Trust), Professor Colin Brown (University of York)
EA, Regional Flood and Coastal Committee
2011- ongoing
School farm catchment
Practical demonstration of ecosystem services
Chris Stoate, John Szczur
Allerton Project, EA, Anglian Water, Agrii
2012- ongoing
Soil monitoring
Survey of soil biological, physical and chemical properties
Chris Stoate, Jenny Bussell, Alastair Leake, Phil Jarvis, Gemma Fox
Allerton Project
2014- ongoing
SoilCare (see p26)
Soil management to meet economic and environmental objectives across Europe
Chris Stoate, Jenny Bussell, Gemma Fox John Szczur
EU H2020
2016-2020
Soil biology and soil health
The role of soil biology in crop production systems
Chris Stoate, Jenny Bussell, Gemma Fox
AHDB
2016-2020
Conservation Agriculture
Economic and environmental impacts of three contrasting crop production approaches
Alastair Leake, Phil Jarvis, Chris Stoate, Jenny Bussell, Gemma Fox
Syngenta
2017-2021
Sustainable Intensification Platform scoping study
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from grazing livestock systems
Chris Stoate, Exeter and Nottingham Universities and other partners
Defra
2018-2019
Sustainable Intensification Platform scoping study
Integrating livestock into arable systems
Chris Stoate and NIAB partners
Defra
2018-2019
The effect of cereal tillage systems on invertebrates in the autumn
Measuring aphid abundance and Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus infection under different cultivation regimes
Alastair Leake, John Holland
Bayer CropScience/ASDA
2018-2019
RePhoKUs
Understanding food system phosphorus balance at a range of scales
Chris Stoate, Paul Withers and partners
Research Councils
2018-2020
Agroforestry
Optimising tree densities to meet multiple objectives in grazed pasture
Chris Stoate, Jenny Bussell, Gemma Fox, Alastair Leake
Woodland Trust
2018- ongoing
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Funding source
Date 1992- ongoing
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