GWCT News Blog

The brand new BASIS Game Management course is aimed at all individuals who have responsibility for managing a shoot, including head keepers, singlehanded keepers, estate managers, land agents, landowners, shoot managers and shoot captains.

We received an email from Defra regarding General Licences in England and they have asked us to share it with our members and supporters.

On 16 December 2019 Scottish Natural Heritage confirmed that the terms of the Scottish General Licences, which permit the taking of certain species for a variety of reasons, would remain unchanged from 2019 for the period 1 January 2020 – 31 March 2020.

After months of stakeholder engagement with Natural Resources Wales over General Licences, the Board decided on Thursday 19 September to support a proposal which the GWCT do not support.

One of the replacement General Licences, issued by Natural England in April to protect livestock, is facing a potential legal challenge (General Licence WML - GL26).

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