Blogs

The LIFE funded LaserFence project is testing a novel laser system for potential use as a deterrent for pest species of mammals, and we are now ready to test it on rats.

This is the week for our Big Farmland Bird Count across the UK and we have had another good build up to the event. GWCT Scotland ran an informative and fun Big Farmland Bird ID Day at GWSDF Auchnerran and one again in Northern Ireland.

We respond to a recent letter in The Telegraph on the impact of pheasant releasing.

Chris Heward discusses a quiet period for Woodcock Watch and the future of the project.

10 Castle Street is a Grade II listed country house with glorious formal gardens and ancient woodland which has now been remodeled to a high standard of luxury by Alexander and Gretchen Boon.

GWCT communications officer Joel Holt spent a day on the River Frome with the fisheries team who were tagging fish as part of the newly-launched SAMARCH (SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel) project.

With New Zealand’s dairy farmers currently getting a lot of stick about their impact on the environment and especially water quality. John Holland asks who should pay for environmental protection?

Proposals for shooting over Natural Resources Wales (NRW) land have now been published. The GWCT believes their conclusions are well considered and should be adopted

We respond to a recent piece in The Guardian about how the use of wildflowers across farm fields is cutting pesticide spraying.

2017 was a busy year on the Game and Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran. We would like to thank all of the individuals and organisations that made it a success highlighting the importance of integrated land management for Scotland and the UK.