GWCT News Blog

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.

If this remarkable species is given a new lease of life in Scotland, those responsible must be careful to ensure landowners and farmers do not lose out.

Hen harriers in England have just enjoyed their best breeding season in three decades but beating last year’s record of 60 chicks, from 24 nests.

Readers of The Field might have seen a letter by longstanding GWCT member John Clements this month, calling on everyone to do their bit for the GWCT.

Leading shooting, rural organisations and charities are reminding the shooting community of the importance of following the law and government guidance after the third national lockdown comes into force throughout England on 6 January 2021.