Blogs
15/5/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
GWCT Chairman Ian Coghill discusses the RSPB's opposition to plans aimed at increasing Hen Harrier numbers in the English uplands.
3/5/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
We respond to a recent piece in the Yorkshire Post on Bradford Council’s decision to end grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor.
5/3/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
We respond to a recent piece written by George Monbiot for The Guardian about Britain's national parks.
2/2/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , GWCT Wales
Proposals for shooting over Natural Resources Wales (NRW) land have now been published. The GWCT believes their conclusions are well considered and should be adopted
19/1/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The GWCT suggested that a technique like this might unlock the conflict between hen harriers and driven grouse shooting nearly twenty years ago – we still believe it could. On the other hand the RSPB feel it is ‘ridiculous’ – but the Government has rejected this view and they are going to test it here. It is easy to see why
17/1/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
When Defra released their plan to recover hen harriers in 2016, it had two success criteria: more hen harriers in England and that “the harrier population coexists with local business interests and its presence contributes to a thriving rural economy”.