Livestock, parasites and conservation grazing (Podcast)

Hill & Mountain Research Centre

Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

A chat with SRUC's Davy McCracken and Philip Skuce of the Moredun Institute, looking at the implications of wetter farmland for waders, balancing conservation and agriculture and identifying trade-offs and win:wins

Period	22 Jul 2020
Held at	Working for Waders, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	National

Documents & Links

https://soundcloud.com/user-110654211-708583582/flukes-wormers-and-wader-scrapes
Working For Waders started in 2017 to tackle the decline of wading birds across Scotland. The project is open to anyone with an interest in waders and is currently supported by a wide range of charities, organisations and individuals, from farmers and conservationists to gamekeepers and birdwatchers

Livestock, parasites and conservation grazing (Podcast)

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Projects

Working for Waders