Blogs

THE UK’s first hunting film festival is raising funds for GWCT’s vital research into woodcock.

We’re hosting a number of exciting events throughout May, with our busy regional committees pulling out all the stops to organise some fantastic events.

It’s that time of year again when Auchnerran starts to come alive with the sounds of various species of wading birds, all proclaiming their territorial rights and starting to breed. 

The World Gunmakers Evening is a truly unique evening to enjoy the finest guns. You can meet the experts, handle the guns and compare your favourites all in one place at an event like no other this May.

Ahead of World Curlew Day, Dave Parish asks what can be done to help the species?

Mary Colwell discusses the importance of the GWCT's curlew recovery work.

A dozen farmers recently met at Loddington as part of our Soil Biology and Soil Health project with AHDB, led by Elizabeth Stockdale at NIAB.

Chris Heward discusses the journey of Holkham, our only ‘new’ woodcock this year.

We are appealing for volunteers to take part in the GWCT/BTO  annual woodcock counts. We are looking for people willing to perform dusk surveys, in May and June, to count displaying woodcock.

Chris Heward discusses the importance of understanding when and how migrant woodcock move between their wintering grounds in the British Isles and their breeding sites elsewhere.