GWCT News Blog

Every year, in the third week of June, a team of GWCT scientists travel to Sussex, to roam a large area of farmland stretching 11 miles across the South Downs. They are collecting data for the Sussex study, a long-running project that is one of the cornerstones of the GWCT’s research. It all began in 1968 and has provided a wealth of important data on the impact of farming methods, policy and conservation techniques.

Eleven partners from the Interreg North Sea Region (NSR) PARTRIDGE project, led by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, met in Germany between June 27 and 29 for their third meeting.

Tim Furbank encourages farms and estates to do more when it comes to boosting diversity on their shoots.

GWCT Head of Predation Control Studies Jonathan Reynolds and Wetlands Ecologist Carlos Sanchez look back at the important impact that the Salisbury Plain project had on understanding predation.

This week, insects are in the spotlight as we celebrate National Insect Week. Grey partridge chicks may not be celebrating, though. Their survival depends on chick-food insect availability around ground level and we fear that our late, wet spring means that insect numbers are low for many areas of the country.

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Neville Kingdon urges farmers, land managers and keepers who have greys to make a big difference by getting involved in our Partridge Count Scheme.

Charlie Mellor, head gamekeeper at the Norfolk Estate, discusses how, with dedication, support
and passion, their wild grey partridge restoration project is proving to be a real success story.

Follow these simple steps to convert a 20 or 25 litre metal drum into a feeding hopper for gamebirds.

We’re running two farm walks in October to illustrate the important work we’re doing to help the survival of the grey partridge.