GWCT News Blog

If you’re wondering what to do with your guns and shooting accessories when the time has come to retire from shooting, or you are just considering making a little more room in your gun cabinet, our continued partnership with HOLTS auctioneers can help you and raise funds for the GWCT

The RSPB’s position (‘Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak’, 10.02.2022) is not based on scientific evidence and the tone of Jeff Knott’s comments is alarmist. 

Red grouse management and shooting can contribute significantly to rural economies whilst delivering a plethora of wider biodiversity and environmental benefits. 

GWCT members can enjoy complimentary forward parking and access to the GWCT Enclosure, along with a promotional ticket rate. Simply book your tickets in advance at www.welshgamefair.org and enter the code GWCT22 in unique code box at the top of the purchase page. 

GWCT chief executive Teresa Dent CBE wrote a letter to Greenpeace’s interim UK Executive Director offering to meet to present scientific evidence in response a to petition calling for a total ban on controlled burning.

Henrietta Appleton discusses the findings from ‘Sustaining Ecosystems: English Grouse Moors’, our audit of the contribution of grouse moor management to society’s wants and needs, as expressed by goals in the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan (25YEP).

We have just launched a brand new shoot raffle with an outstanding prize up for grabs - a day's shooting for a team of 8 guns on four premier estates in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

It was encouraging to see the results of a long-term study of wildlife on a large commercial arable farm which were published on Tuesday 2nd August. The results support those of the longer-running GWCT Allerton Project, which is now in its third decade.

The EU has announced a temporary derogation from rules on crop rotation and maintenance of non-productive features on arable land for the claim year 2023 in response to the impact of the Ukraine Crisis on food supplies.