Blogs
13/9/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Events
Andrew Gilruth reports from the recent conference in Sheffield, which featured an impressive selection of speakers.
24/8/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
Simon Lester, former head gamekeeper at Langholm Moor, reports on the ‘is there a future for grouse-shooting’ Q&A at the Bird Fair at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, on Friday 19 August 2016.
15/8/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The GWCT approached the BBC in September 2015 with concerns over a BBC rural affairs presenter sharing his personal views and undermining the BBC's impartiality.
5/8/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
GWCT chairman Ian Coghill responds to the RSPB's decision to walk away from the Hen Harrier Recovery Plan.
26/7/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
Andrew Gilruth responds to the news that the RSPB have decided to pull out of the Hen Harrier Joint Action Plan.
3/6/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
Some moorland managers are reporting a significant fall in vole numbers. In some cases, they are suggesting a complete absence of voles – what is going on?
2/6/2016 in: Rotherfield Demonstration Project Blog under: Grey partridge , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Rotherfield , Woodcock
One of the key aims of the Rotherfield Demonstration Project is the recovery of the red-listed grey partridge in an area where they formerly have gone extinct. The habitat creation and improvements together with the legal predation control needed to re-establish this iconic farmland flagship species does, of course, also benefit a wide range of other wildlife.
15/3/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
We take a closer look at one aspect of the recently published Hen Harrier Joint Action Plan - brood management.
14/1/2016 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The government has published its Hen Harrier Joint Action Plan and the GWCT welcomes this significant milestone.
14/9/2015 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
You may have seen Andrew Gilruth’s letter published in The Times on Friday, 11 September 2015.
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