Blogs
29/6/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
We need some much more detailed scientific investigation before we unreservedly welcome beavers back into the British countryside.
27/5/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
Providing seed for birds will always benefit a select number bird species largely because many birds, such as wrens, rely on insects for food.
21/5/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
Today we sent this letter to Màiri McAllan MSP, newly appointed to the Scottish Government as Minister for Environment, Biodiversity & Land Reform.
18/5/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
Habitat loss for over 80 years, often incentivised by Government to increase food production, will not be reversed overnight but there is cause for hope.
21/4/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
The GWCT has estimated that planting a tree every 20 metres in English hedgerows would significantly meet the policy target, with the potential to host 40 million trees without repurposing a single acre of land.
12/4/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
Politicians will soon be debating a petition launched by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery of Wild Justice, titled ‘Ban Driven Grouse Shooting - Wilful blindness is no longer an option.’
31/3/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
Our precious heather moorland exists precisely because of thousands of years of active management.
25/3/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
As controlled winter burning has been shown to benefit rare ground-nesting birds such as curlew and golden plover, it is bizarre to see the National Trust use the latest fire on Saddleworth Moor to argue against it.
24/3/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Partners , Lead shot , Letters
22/3/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters
There is no evidence to substantiate the claim that “hundreds of thousands” of hares are killed during their breeding season each year.