GWCT News Blog

There is a school of thought that says grey partridges just cannot take rain, and that the chicks will all expire if they have to face anything much more than a light shower. Well, it clearly isn’t true.

A team of eight Scots have raised over £42,000 by completing a tough 24-hour coast to coast challenge in aid of My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

The cost of rural theft in Scotland fell 25% to an estimated £1.7m in 2020 as COVID restrictions, rural policing and beefed up farm security kept criminals out of the countryside, according to figures released by leading rural insurer, NFU Mutual.

NFU Mutual’s agent and branch offices in Scotland are delighted to have nominated 32 local charities to receive a combined donation of more than £206,000 from a national £2m ‘Agency Giving Fund’ launched by NFU Mutual’s Head Office.

Corinium Travel is a private travel consultancy offering the very best in personal service. We are experts in luxury travel offering tailor-made itineraries, Private villas, European and North American ski holidays and beach holidays.

Director of Advisory & Education Dr Roger Draycott made a guest appearance on the Natural History Museum’s ‘Wild Crime’ podcast this week.

With the general licence upheaval in 2019, it became rapidly obvious that combining the expertise of the different organisations could be a real strength on key issues.

Our new gamekeeper training courses are based on learning objectives that have been devised by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in collaboration with other game sector organisations and game vets, including members of the St David’s Game Bird Services team. 

These are the headline questions we are asking in this year’s Game and Conservation Benchmarking Survey.  The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has been involved in the survey for many years, assisting Savills with the conservation element of this important survey. 

St David’s Game Bird Services have been working in close collaboration with other vet practices and shooting organisations to prepare the launch of a new Pen Scoring Matrix this summer which aims to better assess the environment, health and welfare of game birds prior to release.