GWCT News Blog

The latest issue of Gamewise, the exclusive GWCT members’ magazine, will be arriving through our members’ letterboxes at the end of September. We preview it here.

Simon Lester, former head gamekeeper at Langholm Moor, reports on the ‘is there a future for grouse-shooting’ Q&A at the Bird Fair at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, on Friday 19 August 2016.

We’re excited to be hosting a number of charity clay shoot days across the country throughout September.

The GWCT approached the BBC in September 2015 with concerns over a BBC rural affairs presenter sharing his personal views and undermining the BBC's impartiality.

Read about last year’s winner and the unforgettable day’s driven grouse shooting he enjoyed.

GWCT chairman Ian Coghill responds to the RSPB's decision to walk away from the Hen Harrier Recovery Plan.

We respond to a recent piece in The Guardian criticising Natural England for issuing a licence to control ten buzzards.

Last week we held an estate walk in Aberdeenshire, covering topics including good game crop management, release pens and feeding strategies.

Mike Short discusses the findings from the fox tagging work he's been carrying out in the Avon Valley.

Andrew Gilruth responds to the news that the RSPB have decided to pull out of the Hen Harrier Joint Action Plan.