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3/5/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
Rod Liddle lets a story get in the way of the facts when writing about grouse moors. Rather than being a “desolate moonscape”, they are the last refuge of some of our most endangered wildlife.
6/4/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Waders , Woodcock , Letters
Read our letter to the Secretary of State regarding the shooting of woodcock, written in response to the letter sent by Wild Justice.
4/4/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
As a new study on mountain hares hit the news, we thank GWCT member Matthew Higgs for writing to the Telegraph to share our findings
10/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Letters
2/2/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Letters , Big Farmland Bird Count
It is concerning to see the rise in wheat prices hitting shoots in the pocket, but it is important that we don’t let it impact farmland birds.
24/1/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Letters
Farmer clusters in the Avon Valley and encircling Martin Down have put farmers at the heart of conservation and the results are there for all to see.
12/1/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
The government’s ambitious plans for landscape recovery are to be welcomed, but we mustn’t forget the role of people in this.
3/12/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Woodcock , Waders
We respond to a piece in The Field on the subject of shooting woodock.
22/11/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Lead shot , Letters
If eating game shot with lead were that dangerous, use of lead in shooting would have become illegal long ago.
18/11/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
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