'A miracle in the night' - a Lapwing's quest for survival

The SGA has produced a 3 minute short film, collated from trail camera footage kindly given by member Mark Wood. Three years ago, the SGA Committee purchased cameras to help document what is happening to our wildlife. Mark used them to record Spring footage in 2024

 

The simple film is set in Scotland within a 24 hour timeframe

 

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The survival quest

 

For more than a decade the SGA and its members have highlighted the plight of our wading birds and their fight for survival

 

In 2014, the SGA declared the year as 'Year of the Wader', see BBC report, below: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26851198

 

Later, the SGA participated in the Understanding Predation project, run by the Moorland Forum, see report findings, below

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gillian-Ainsworth/publication/299389845_UNDERSTANDING_PREDATION_-_A_review_bringing_together_natural_science_and_local_knowledge_of_recent_wild_bird_population_changes_and_their_drivers_in_Scotland/links/56f3445c08ae81582bebabe2/UNDERSTANDING-PREDATION-A-review-bringing-together-natural-science-and-local-knowledge-of-recent-wild-bird-population-changes-and-their-drivers-in-Scotland.pdf

 

 

This year, SGA Chairman Alex Hogg raised a Petition in Parliament, drawing on the perilous position some of our ground-nesting birds find themselves in - and how land managers can help, see below

https://www.scottishgamekeepers.co.uk/latest-news/2023/2023-06-29-petition-asks-holyrood-to-back-predator-control.php

 

and listen to him speaking to the Petitions Committee on his fears for waders, below

https://www.scottishgamekeepers.co.uk/latest-news/2023/2024-03-12-heartfelt-evidence-as-predator-petition-continued.php