Blogs
12/5/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales
Nick Williams OBE very sadly died on 17th April 2022 aged 74. He was a committed GWCT trustee since July 2016 and also our first chairman in Wales. Here colleagues and friends share their fond memories of Nick.
20/4/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales
On the evening of Monday 4th April, the newly formed GWCT South West Wales Committee held their first event courtesy of Dr Nick Fox and the Beavis Trust to visit their conservation focused 300-acre farm near Carmarthen and their lakes which are home to a beaver population.
29/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , General Licences , GWCT Wales
On March 24th the NRW board met and voted in favour of approving several changes to the General Licences. The major change will see magpie, jackdaw and jay all removed from GL 004 – ‘Licence to kill or take certain wild birds for the purpose of conserving wild birds’ when the current licence expires after the 30th of June and the new licences are issued on the 1st of July.
24/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales , General Licences
21/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales , General Licences
Following NRW’s consultation at the end of last year, this week we have been made aware of proposed changes to the General Licences in Wales. The GWCT is extremely disappointed with the proposed changes, which could be considered a worst-case scenario given the questions posed within the previous consultation.
14/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales , GWCT Partners
In the latest Birds of Conservation Concern review, 14 of the 26 farmland birds in the UK have been assigned to the Red List1. The reasons behind the declines in these species are numerous, however one of particular relevance to seed-eating birds in Wales is the loss of mixed farming.
21/2/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales
1/2/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales
World Wetlands Day on the 2nd of February each year aims to raise awareness about wetlands; it also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty signed in 1971. The themes of this year’s awareness day are “Value”, “Manage” and “Restore”.
31/1/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Big Farmland Bird Count , GWCT Wales
The GWCT’s Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) is pleased to announce a FREE collaborative online webinar on the 9th of February at 7pm to help record what farm birds are present at this time of year during the official count from February 4th - 20th. You can register for the FREE webinar here.
25/1/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Big Farmland Bird Count , GWCT Wales
We are once again joining forces with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) to showcase the important role farmers play when it comes to looking after farmland birds.