LANDOWNERS HELPING BIRDS

This year’s Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Big Farmland Bird Count comes to an end on 15 February. Organiser Roger Draycott, said: ‘As custodians of 71% of Britain’s countryside, farmers, land managers, and gamekeepers are crucial to the survival of cherished bird species like skylarks, yellowhammers, corn buntings and wild grey partridge.’ bfbc.org.uk

1,500

people took part in last year’s Big Farmland Bird Count

1.4 million

acres of land were covered by participants in the charity’s farmland survey

120

species were spotted, including blackbirds, wood pigeons and robins