Land of the Curlew

April 2026 – April 2029

The land of the Curlew Project, funded through the Nature Networks Fund (Round 5) via the Welsh Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is a major initiative dedicated to safeguarding the future of the Eurasian Curlew, a species listed by the IUCN as Near threatened and now one of Wales’s highest conservation priorities.

Anglesey Farmland Biodiversity Project

November 2024 – Current

GWCT Wales is partnering with the Anglesey Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) on a biodiversity project funded by the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF). Active across four farms, the initiative supports farmland birds through winter seed feeding and monitors wildlife using trail cameras, bioacoustic recorders, and AI-powered cameras developed with Liverpool John Moores University. These tools help identify species and track movement through natural corridors.

Drone surveys are also offered to assess hedgerow structure and guide future habitat improvements. The project includes community outreach, with plans to engage with local schools and share findings at the Anglesey Show.

Farm Gate Project

Ongoing

This project will entail deploying 130 Artificial Intelligence Cameras across a farming landscape. These farms will be selected at random and will cover a range of different farming practices and habitats.

The project aims to better understand farmland biodiversity across a set area. Including the
abundance of a range of species including but not limited to Fox, Badger, Squirrel and
farmland bird species. Work will also be undertaken to look at relationships between
animals and interactions between wildlife and farm livestock.

Curlew Connections

March 2023 – March 2026

Curlew Connections Wales is a wader conservation project supported by Welsh Government’s Nature Networks Fund, delivered by the Heritage Lottery Fund. One million pounds has been allocated to support breeding curlew in Wales, focusing on three ‘Important Curlew Areas’.

Curlew Connections Wales aims to tackle the key issues driving the low breeding success of curlew in Wales, monitoring and understanding curlew populations within these three Important Curlew Areas, implementing nest protection, predator management and habitat works. With breeding curlew predicted to be extinct in Wales by 2033.

GWCT Wales SMS Partnerships

GWCT Wales has been involved in several Welsh Government-funded Sustainable Management Scheme (SMS) projects across the country. The principle of SMS is to support collaborative landscape-scale projects delivering nature-based solutions to improve the resilience of our natural resources and ecosystems in a way that also delivers benefits to farm businesses and the health and well-being of rural communities.

SMS Bro Cors Caron

Ceredigion

Mae ardal y prosiect yn ffinio â phen gogledd-ddwyreiniol Gwarchodfa Natur Genedlaethol Cors Caron sy’n 1,976 erw, sy’n rhan o’r gyforgors fwyaf ar dir isel ym Mhrydain. Drwy fabwysiadu dull Clwstwr Ffermwyr GWCT, mae mesurau cadwraeth wedi’u rhoi ar waith ar draws wyth fferm er mwyn gwrthdroi dirywiad bioamrywiaeth leol a gwella ansawdd y dŵr ac iechyd y pridd wrth gynnal mentrau ffermio cynhyrchiol a phroffidiol.

SMS Dyffryn Camlad

Powys

Clwstwr Ffermwyr o 18 ffarm yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth i wella iechyd y pridd, ansawdd y dŵr a bioamrywiaeth. Mae un o boblogaethau olaf y gylfinir ar dir isel Cymru yn yr ardal hon. Mae’r prosiect yn gysylltiedig â menter cadwraeth yr aderyn hirgoes, Gwlad y Gylfinir, sy’n gobeithio gwrthdroi’r dirywiad yn eu niferoedd drwy egwyddor stôl tair coes GWCT sef creu cynefinoedd, argaeledd bwyd a rheoli ysglyfaethwyr.

‘Cynnal Coetir’ Elwy Valley SMS,

North East Wales

Mewn partneriaeth â ffermwyr, Prifysgol John Moores Lerpwl ac Ymddiriedolaeth Afonydd Gogledd Cymru, canolbwyntir y prosiect ar iechyd a gwydnwch coetir dros 23,500 hectar yng Ngogledd Ddwyrain Cymru. Mae’n cynnwys astudio effaith poblogaethau hyddod brith a gwiwerod coch, drwy fonitro’r planhigyn ymledol Jac Y Neidiwr yn nalgylch yr Afon Elwy yn defnyddio drôn, a gwaith i ailgysylltu plant â’r coetiroedd a bywyd gwyllt.

Menter Adar Ffermdir Cymru

Gwynedd a Sir Ddinbych

Prosiect tair blynedd Partneriaeth Arloesi Ewrop yng Nghymru a arweinir gan GWCT Cymru, wedi ei ariannu ar y cyd gan Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Gwledig, a Llywodraeth Cymru. Nod y fenter yw dangos sut y gellir rhoi hwb i’r nifer o adar ffermdir ar ffermydd da byw yng Nghrymu drwy gyfuniad o gnydau gorchudd hadau adar gwyllt a bwydo ychwanegol yn ystod y gaeaf.

Prosiect Bwydo yn ystod y Gaeaf

Ceredigion

Mae’r prosiect cydweithredol hwn gyda Phartneriaeth Natur Leol Ceredigion yn annog ffermwyr i ddosbarthu bwyd ychwanegol ar gyfer adar yn ystod y gaeaf. Rhoddwyd Bwydwr Ffermdir Perdix i ddau-ddeg-pump fferm ledled y sir a 250kg o gymysg hadau adar yn rhodd gan Kings Crops, digon i barau hyd y bwlch llwglyd. Y nod oedd codi ymwybyddiaeth o werth y mesur hwn yn benodol mewn rhanbarthau ffermio da byw.