| RESEARCH PROJECTS - 2019 Curlews and grouse moors
A paired site comparison of curlew breeding success David Baines, David Newborn, between grouse moors and non-grouse moors Nick Hesford, Mike Richardson
Core funds
2016-2019
Grey partridge
Using call-back surveys to estimate spring densities David Baines
Core funds
2018- ongoing
Mountain hares
10-yearly questionnaire on mountain hare abundance and distribution
Core funds
2018-2019
Post-burning vegetation recovery Using aerial images and field surveys to assess chrono- Sian Whitehead, Hannah Weald on blanket peat at Langholm sequences of vegetation responses to heather burning
Core funds
2019
Repeat moorland bird surveys Repeat of bird and vegetation surveys conducted on circa 90 UK moors 2007-2012
David Baines, David Newborn, Mike Richardson, Kathy Fletcher, Nick Hesford
Core funds
2019-2020
Measuring rises in strongyle worms (see p68)
David Newborn
Core funds
2019-2020
Development of Black Grouse Co-ordinating volunteer inputs into annual lek Study Groups in Scotland monitoring across several regions of Scotland
Philip Warren
Heritage Lottery Fund
2019-2020
Development of long-term heather burning experiments on blanket peat
Sian Whitehead
Core funds
2019-2028
Fortnightly grouse faecal egg counts Dec’-May in relation to weather and medication
Are burning and cutting useful management tools for blanket bog restoration? Does the structure and composition of pre-burn vegetation influence post-burn vegetation recovery?
Nick Hesford, Julie Ewald, David Baines
Key to abbreviations: AHDB = Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board; AONB = Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; BBSRC = Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; BTO = British Trust for Ornithology; CASE = Co-operative Awards in Science & Engineering; CEFAS = Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science; CSF = Catchment Sensitive Farming; Defra = Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; EA = Environment Agency; ESRC = Economic & Social Research Council; EU = European Union; FC = Forestry Commission; GCUSA = Game Conservancy USA; GWSDF = Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm; H2020 = Horizon 20:20; INRA = Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; Interreg = European Regional Development Board; NARGC = National Association of Regional Game Councils; NE = Natural England; NERC = Natural Environment Research Council; NERC SARIC= Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club; NGO = National Gamekeepers’ Organisation; NRW = Natural Resources Wales; ONCFS = Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage; PARTRIDGE = Protecting the Area’s Resources Through Researched Innovative Demonstration of Good Examples; QMUL = Queen Mary University of London; RSPB = Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; SAMARCH = SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel; SGA = Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association; SNH = Scottish Natural Heritage; S&TC, UK = Salmon & Trout Conservation UK.
Scientific publications
© Laurie Campbell
by staff of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in 2019
Aebischer, NJ (2019) Fifty-year trends in UK hunting bags of birds and mammals, and calibrated estimation of national bag size, using GWCT’s National Gamebag Census. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 65: 64-76. Ahibeck-Bergendahl, I, April, J, Bardarson, H, Bolstad, GH, Bradbury, I, Buoro, M, Chaput, G, Dauphin, G, Ensing, D, Erkinaro, J, Fiske, P, Freese, M, Gillson, J, Gregory, SD, Hanson, N, Kelly, N, Maxwell, H, Meerburg, D, Millane, M, Nygaard, R, Olmos, M, Ounsley, J, Prusov, S, Rivot, E, Robertson, M, Russell, IC, Sheehan, T, Rong Utne, K, Walker, A & Wennevik, V (2019) ICES 2019 Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon (WGNAS). ICES Scientific Reports, 1: 1-368. Baines, D, Newborn, D & Richardson, M (2019) Are Trichostrongylus tenuis control and resistance avoidance simultaneously manageable by reducing anthelmintic intake by grouse? Vet Record, 185: 53-60. Baines, D, Becker, M & Hart, S (2019) Sheep tick Ixodes ricinus management on Welsh hill farms of designated conser78 | GAME & WILDLIFE REVIEW 2019
vation importance: implications for nationally declining birds. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 33: 352-359. Bartual, AM, Sutter, L, Bocci, G, Moonen, A-C, Cresswell, J, Entling, M, Giffard, B, Jacot, K, Jeanneret, P, Holland, JM, Pfister, SC, Pintér, O, Veromann, E, Winkler, K & Albrecht, M (2019) The potential of different semi-natural habitats to sustain pollinators and natural enemies in European agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 279: 43-52. Capstick, LA, Draycott, RAH, Wheelwright, CM, Ling, DE, Sage, RB & Hoodless, AN (2019) The effect of game management on the conservation value of woodland rides. Forest Ecology and Management, 454: 117242. Dahlgren, DK, Elmore, RD, Smith, DA, Hart, A Young, JK, Kinka, D, Arnett, EB, Baines, D & Connelly, JW 2019 Use of dogs in wildlife research and management. In: The Wildlife Techniques Manual, Volume 1: Research (ed: T. Gasbarrini), The Wildlife Society. John Hopkins University Press.
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