Blogs
3/5/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: Farming , Farmland Ecology , Grey partridge , GWCT Scotland
Over the last few weeks, the Scottish Lowlands team has been busy completing the tenth year of spring grey partridge pair surveys on Balgonie farm.
19/4/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
4/4/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: Farming , Farmland Ecology , GWCT Scotland
Historically, Scottish agri-environmental schemes have found it difficult to find a balance between establishing measures for biodiversity and ensuring that the system itself works for farmers.
29/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy
So, the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill has passed through Scottish Parliament, marking nearly seven years of scrutiny, originating with the implementation of the Werritty Grouse Management Review in 2017.
28/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy
If we hoped for some respite from the weight of policy consultations, bills and legislation that confronted us in 2023, the barrage has continued unabated so far this year.
20/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The Last Keeper is a feature-length film that will draw huge attention to this nuanced debate in a way that no film by us, or any of the other Scottish organisations, could achieve.
12/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
The GWCT’s West of Scotland Auction will be held at Òran Mór on Thursday 21st March but the auction website is now live so anyone can bid online!
20/2/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: Farmland Ecology , Farming , Grey partridge , GWCT Scotland
It’s been a busy start to the new year for the Scottish Lowlands research team. We’ve spent the last few weeks setting up gamebird feeders to carry out research into supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds.
19/2/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: Events , GWCT Scotland
GWCT research has repeatedly demonstrated the importance and benefits of targeted, legal and humane predator control for the conservation and management of game and wildlife. Trapping in Scotland, be it for foxes, mustelids or corvids, is regulated by a large number of laws, General Licenses and codes of best practice. Acting in accordance with these various regulations is now more challenging and important than ever.
14/2/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
As one of the PepsiCo FAB pilot farms, Easter Rhynd is currently working with the project team to demonstrate how productive farming does not need to suffer when measures for biodiversity are introduced. Each of the farms in the project is slightly different, which provides some brilliant assets to learn from.