GWCT News Blog

Dr. Jonathan Reynolds, GWCT Head of Predation Control Studies, discusses the issue of evidence for General Licences going forward.

You can now download a copy of the GWCT's written evidence submission to the 2019 Defra consultation into General Licences.

Roy Burrows, Land Manager at Summerstone Estate, highlights the impact that General Licence changes are having on ground-nesting birds.

Following the licences changes, GWCT Head of Advisory Dr. Roger Draycott outlines what farmers, gamekeepers and reserve wardens can do now to protect ground nesting birds.

Defra has launched a call for evidence on the impact of Natural England’s decision to revoke three general licences. 

RSPB Vice President Chris Packham is presumably unaware that his own organisation has killed 784 crows on their reserves, to protect the nests of vulnerable species, or he might not have been in such a hurry to persuade Natural England to suspend the legal mechanism that permits them, and other conservationists, to do so.

Earlier this week we met with Natural England and handed them questions that GWCT members and supporters had asked concerning General Licences via our recent blog. Here are Natural England's answers to some of the more commonly asked questions.

This morning Chris Packham appeared on national television to explain more about his legal action against General Licences, describing the outcry from the farming community as ‘entirely fake news’.

Vital conservation work must swiftly restart before the only place we can hear the call of the curlew is on the radio.