Press Releases - January 2024

“Sitting with some of the farmers' children and pointing out birds to them is so rewarding. Building friendships with the farmers and their families is great and having an open door - or field - to return any time to birdwatch is priceless,” says bird expert and volunteer counter Andrew Goodall.

This year the annual GWCT Game Conference, Game 2024, is taking place in the north of the country for the first time. The conference is jam-packed with informative, topical talks from an excellent range of guest speakers and GWCT experts, and ticket sales support the vital research and essential work of the GWCT.

A new project led by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is set to boost numbers of threatened wading birds whilst also encouraging terns to return to a historically important breeding site along the Solent coastline.

Hope Valley Farmers in Derbyshire and Bradfield Farmers Group in Yorkshire have teamed up to plant 31,000 hedge plants and 1,500 trees on their farms this winter.

The latest survey of the UK’s resident woodcock population saw the highest ever participation rate since the count began 20 years ago.