GWCT News Blog

We preview this week's All Party Parliamentary Group for Game and Wildlife, hosted by the GWCT at Westminster on Thursday 15th September.

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Jim Egan previews a series of events being delivered by the Campaign for the Farmed Environment that  will focus on pollinators and their benefits to farm businesses.

Dr. Niamh McHugh introduces our new project looking at barn swallow foraging on arable land in relation to agri-environment scheme habitat options.

Debate around trophy hunting has continued for some time, but earlier this year a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) called for a complete ban on the import of trophies into the EU. In response, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published a briefing paper, which aims to inform discussions on the ban and other related topics.

Jonathan Reynolds discusses a perceived decline in hedgehog numbers and possible GWCT research in the future.

Recent news that a pair of eagle owls are preparing to nest in North Yorkshire has restarted the controversy around one of the largest owls in the world. 

A recent paper accepted for publication by the Royal Society has highlighted media bias when reporting the issue of heather burning.

Guest blog by Mary Colwell-Hector, who is  walking 500 miles from the west of Ireland to the east of England to raise funds for curlew recovery projects.

A look back at an experiment we conducted in 2012, looking into tick treatment for sheep.