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Big Farmland Bird Count extended due to wet weather

The national annual census of farmland birds will be extended by a week to give more farmers, land managers and other ‘working conservationists’ a chance to get out onto their land to count their birds

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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Big Farmland Bird Count extended due to wet weather

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) said it has made the decision to let it run until March 1 due to the ‘exceptionally wet conditions' during February. Dr Roger Draycott, GWCT director...

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