South Wales Fire Service giving a talk to countryside organisations at Ruabon Mountain Firefighters from South Wales Fire Service spoke at a fire awareness day, organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), at Ruabon Mountain on August 1st. The 7,000-acre heather moorland, which is rich in grouse and waders including curlew and golden plover, has a strong collaboration between the graziers, gamekeepers, landowner and shoot captain. Craig Hope, from South Wales Fire Service, believes that reducing the risk…

Providing habitat, food and protection – known as the three-legged stool approach – could help our ground-nesting birds thrive in Wales, according to leading research organisation the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). Sue Evans, Wales director for the GWCT made the comments at the NFU Sustainable Agriculture: Food, Farming and the Environment conference, near Brecon, last week (June 7th). “With the right levers and incentives farmers can restore numbers of our declining bird species,” she said. “By creating the…