• Corncrake concern
    One of Scotland’s rarest breeding birds, the corncrake, has suffered a fall in numbers for the second year running in Orkney, mirroring a trend seen in populations across Scotland. There were 12 calling...
  • Know your birds for the Big Farmland Bird Count
    With just three months until the 4th Big Farmland Bird Count, the GWCT is offering an exciting opportunity for those farmers who are thinking of taking part to book on to a farmland bird identification...
  • The Cirl Bunting Conservation Project
    Guest blog by Cirl Bunting Project Manager Cath Jeffs My first encounter with cirl buntings was as a student studying Conservation Management in the 1980s. A group of us were on a birding trip and...
  • On the 3rd day of Christmas....three French hens, two turtle doves.
    Its fair to say I like my quail in the long grass giving it large with their ‘wet-my-lips’ call – I have actually seen quail only a few times in the wild, but heard them innumerable times. They are just...
  • The latest farmland bird indicator is out......
    Check out Martin Harper's blog today to find out more....