Blogs

Muirburn, which covers the controlled burning of heather, gorse bushes and grasslands, is a vital conservation and land management tool. 

Roger Draycott explains why it is important that guns become 'conscientious consumers' and find out what the shoot they are considering buying a day at is doing for wildlife.

With a surplus of game on the ground with the loss of two months of game shooting due to the COVID pandemic, there have been occasional reports that the excess of game birds left are now beginning to influence recently drilled spring crops.

With all the news about new rules for trapping stoats, and changes to general licences for corvid control, it’s easy to forget that there are other predators out there that we need to address, and now is a good time to be on the case.

Mike Swan highlights the things that that always seem to lead to difficulty, and some that help to avoid arguments.

The public consultation Interim Gamebird Release Licence in England - Defra - Citizen Space on proposals for an interim licensing regime for gamebird releasing and management on European Protected Sites closes on 15th March.

Biodiversity Net Gain is an approach to land management that leaves our wildlife and their habitats in a better state than before. This approach is at the heart of what we do at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)

Gamekeepers are being called upon to help create a more accurate national picture of resistance to rodenticides in rats and mice. In return, participants will get a free indication of their shoot's status from the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) which is running the appeal.

In managing game and wildlife, how many predators you kill is of no great relevance; rather it is the predation that you prevent that matters. GWCT Head of Education Mike Swan discusses predation control.