Blogs

Recent isolated cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in released pheasants highlights the importance of good biosecurity and vigilance amongst all those involved in game management. 

Jess Brooks joins Rasmus Lauridsen and Luke Scott from the GWCT's fisheries team, catching young salmon and trout in a tributary of the River Frome, an internationally important chalk river. 

The National Gamekeepers Organisation recently visited GWCT HQ in Hampshire to talk to our Senior Advisor Mike Swan and Head of Predation Control Studies Mike Short about the use of humane cable restraints. Watch what they had to say here.

We have three brand new shoot raffles available to enter online now. Proceeds from all three draws help support the vital conservation work undertaken by the GWCT team in these difficult times. Tickets are limited for each raffle so make sure you enter today to avoid missing out!

Welsh Government are asking farmers to get involved in their codesign process to feedback on the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals they published in July.  

The production and application of non-nitrogen fertilisers adds a further 10% to our average farm’s GHG footprint. From this we can see that optimisation and reduction of the use of fertilisers holds the key to reducing the climate impact of arable production.

The GWCT Grampian art competition launched in 2019 and has now been extended across Aberdeenshire.  

We’re pleased to announce that our 2022 Grand Grouse Draw is now open. Don’t miss your chance to win an unbelievable prize – a day’s driven grouse shooting for 8 guns at the Burncastle Estate in the stunning Lammermuir hills, plus a night’s accommodation for 16 guests.

One of the key pieces of research the GWCT team are currently working on is trying to prove exactly what is driving the decline in ground-nesting bird populations.

We have two important courses taking place in September and October at the GWCT Allerton Project in Leicestershire. Both courses have very limited places available.