Blogs

When buying a day’s shooting, how many guns consider the contribution that the shoot makes to biodiversity and conservation? Roger Draycott believes they should.

Richard Barnes of Kings Crops provides an update on the long-term work being conducted with our team at the Allerton Project.

We’re once again running our popular three-day course for part time gamekeepers at the GWCT Allerton Project from 14 to 16 September.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is excited about the Government’s new 25 Year Environment Plan. What is noticeable is the sheer volume of recommendations which were exactly what we advocated.

We are expecting Defra to announce a six-week consultation on their plans to implement new trapping standards on 1^st January 2019. 

Mike Swan offers advice on creating a feeding hopper that is good for game and songbirds, but denies access to scavengers.

New wader count training courses that GWCT Scotland is rolling out across the country stem from a working partnership encouraged by Working for Waders, a Moorland Forum initiative. The wader counts help the farmers, keepers and land managers to carry out the monitoring themselves.

We may be in the midst of a heatwave but there is still much work to be done on your shoot...

Tim Furbank invites you to the first Oakbank Game & Conservation Open Day at Rotherfield on 6th July.

Time is running out to take part in this year's Shoot Benchmarking Survey.