The Loddington site of the SOWAP project is being hosted by the Allerton Project. Formed in 1992 as the Allerton Research and Educational Trust, its mission was to undertake research and projects demonstrating wildlife management alongside commercial farming. In collaboration with the Game Conservancy Trust (now the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust http://www.gwct.org.uk/ ), it set about implementing the findings of 30 years of the latter's research. The field margins, woods, wetland areas, hedges and set-aside have been managed to a wildlife-friendly agenda. During three years of predation control, the gamekeeper had protected nesting birds from common predators and provided supplementary food during the seasons where there was little natural supply on a modern arable farm. During these three years, many bird species which had declined locally over the previous 30 years, had recovered to levels last seen when records began in the early 1960s.