News
13 October 2023
A new project by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is trying to find out if larger numbers of lapwing chicks can survive on farmland fallow plots if provided with more space to hide from predators and increased levels of invertebrates to feed on.
18 September 2023
Lapwings use the shape of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators, new research carried out in collaboration with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust shows.
08 September 2023
The Royal Agricultural Society of England has awarded its 2023 National Agricultural Award to Dr Alastair Leake, the Director of Policy at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.
07 September 2023
New research by the GWCT has shown that capercaillie numbers in Scotland have nearly halved in ten years, with as few as 304 birds remaining in 2020, compared to 580 in 2010. The figures show capercaillie heading towards extinction unless further measures are put in place to save this iconic bird.
21 August 2023
As the Bro Cors Caron SMS project comes to an end, we were fortunate to have a visit to Cruglas Farm from the Welsh Government’s Director for Rural Affairs, Gian Marco Currado.
08 August 2023
Breeding curlews are raising four times as many chicks on the UK’s grouse moors, compared to similar unmanaged moorland sites, a new peer-reviewed scientific study by the GWCT has found.
24 July 2023
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Natural Capital Advisory (NCA) is coming to Wales after growing successful operation with groups of farmers working together to maximise the income from Natural Capital trading.
20 July 2023
A charity day held at Sandringham Estate on 18 May, honouring the extraordinary legacy of HRH The late Duke of Edinburgh’s contribution to conservation, raised £330,000 for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).
20 June 2023
31 farmers of the Test and Itchen catchments in Hampshire are set to join the 147 neighbouring farmers already supporting the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) making 178 farms, covering 81,344 hectares, the largest initiative of its kind.
09 June 2023
The conservation project Curlew Country is live-streaming footage of a wild curlew nest this week offering viewers a chance to see the magical moment when the young of this rare and much-loved bird emerge from the egg.