Blogs
16/12/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Advice
On 16 December 2019 Scottish Natural Heritage confirmed that the terms of the Scottish General Licences, which permit the taking of certain species for a variety of reasons, would remain unchanged from 2019 for the period 1 January 2020 – 31 March 2020.
10/12/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Letters
22/7/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , GWCT Scotland
Misleading statements made in bird culling spat.
27/3/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Big Farmland Bird Count , GWCT Scotland
A fantastic effort from farmers across the UK has helped secure a best-ever year for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC).
22/3/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
We respond to the announcement in February 2019 from Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, that the Eurasian or European beaver would be granted protected species status in Scotland from 1 May 2019.
21/1/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Events
This spring we can look forward to a season packed full of exciting GWCT events and courses, including our first ever Game Scotland Conference.
18/1/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
12/12/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
It's bizarre that anyone should feel ploughing up our heather moorlands is great idea (Grouse shooting is ‘least effective’ use of Scotland's land, December 10).
20/11/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
25/5/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has undertaken 50 years of analysis and interpretation of mountain hare data here, and our research underpins much of what we know about mountain hare management.
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