Blogs
17/5/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
In conservation management, Professor John Lawton advised conservation efforts should be ‘bigger, better and more joined up’, and that is exactly what is needed when it comes to American Mink control in the UK.
15/5/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
Help the industry defend and maintain sustainable practises by answering some questions about your approach to controlling rats and at the same time grab a chance of winning a £250 cash prize.
3/5/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
It is easy to think that urban foxes are a new phenomenon, but records of foxes in towns go back to the 1890s in Switzerland, and the 1930s in London. There are lots of urban folk who love to have foxes about, but those who don’t often ask why they don’t go back to the countryside, “where they belong”. But what brought them into town in the first place?
6/4/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , GWCT Wales , Pheasants & Releasing
Last week Natural Resources Wales, on behalf of Welsh Government, launched a 12-week public consultation on their proposals to license gamebird releasing in Wales. It is absolutely critical that everyone with an interest in shooting in Wales, whether from Wales or not, responds, offering constructive and considered views.
13/3/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Events , Pheasants & Releasing , Policy , GWCT Partners , Advice
Please join us at Shropshire Conference Centre, Shrewsbury for our annual Game 23 Conference on Tuesday 28th March.
6/3/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Farmland Ecology , Farming
Supplementary feeding has become a widespread management tool for declining farmland birds. In the countryside in late winter there is often not enough natural seed food, which causes a hungry gap between February and April when lots of birds die of starvation.
3/3/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
2/3/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
Join us at GWCT HQ in Fordingbridge, Hampshire for our essential Predation Management course on 14th March and our Mink Control course on 25th April.
30/1/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Events
The brand new BASIS Game Management course is aimed at all individuals who have responsibility for managing a shoot, including head keepers, singlehanded keepers, estate managers, land agents, landowners, shoot managers and shoot captains.
24/1/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
We're pleased to announce that we've added more dates to our training course schedule for early 2023. Courses covering subjects such as predation management, heather burning and lowland game management have all been confirmed.