GWCT News Blog

The Environmental Research Institute has published a report to judge how effectively the sporting community has reduced the use of lead in the past year. We are keen to understand how attitudes to lead shot are changing...

Our exciting new GWCT online gallery showcases the latest wildlife art from esteemed artists.

Here a few things you can do this Spring.

A £1m Scottish Country Sports Tourism Restart Fund has been created by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, with development input from the Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group (SCSTG) and BASC

Last week marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. So I thought it would be an apt time to reflect on my last few months as a placement student in the Scottish Lowlands research department.

We say that a delay on the publication of the strategy is understandable if it helps avoid a sweeping ban on burning, which would prevent us using managed, ‘cool’ burning for the proven delivery of public benefits.

It has not gone unnoticed that the League Against Cruel Sports appears to have overlooked a GWCT poll which found that the majority of the Welsh population would like pheasant shooting to continue. 

It is bizarre to read the proponents of rewilding calling for the end of a practice that has shaped our countryside for centuries.