Calendar - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Apr 08

BASIS Rodenticide Course (Hampshire)

Location: GWCT HQ, Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, SP6 1EF
Date / Time: 8 April 2026

This newly updated one-day course has been developed in association with the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use, and will allow gamekeepers to go on controlling rats using rodenticides. The course is approved on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive and meets their requirements for best-practice ‘Stewardship’ to reduce the risk of rodenticide residues getting into non-target wildlife. Read more

Apr 13

BASIS Certificate in Lowland Game Management (Hampshire)

BASIS Certificate in Lowland Game Management (Hampshire)

Location: Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, SP6 1EF
Date / Time: 13 April 2026 to 15 April 2026

This 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. It is a three-day course. Read more

Apr 16

Grampian Region Social Evening & Sporting Auction

Grampian Region Social Evening & Sporting Auction

Location: Lochter Activity Centre, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie
Date / Time: 16 April 2026 at 6:30PM

Apr 18

Moor Walk (Angus)

Moor Walk (Angus)

Location: Glenogil Estate, Angus
Date / Time: 18 April 2026

We are inviting GWCT members and interested members of the public to join us for guided walks over a select number of Scottish grouse moors in April 2026. This is a unique opportunity to learn about upland land management, including legal predator control and muirburn, on site from practitioners and landowners and to witness the breath-taking biodiversity found on managed moorland. The walks will be followed by a barbecue and drinks with all the food being provided and cooked by Castle Game Scotland. Read more

Apr 19

Moor Walk (Perthshire)

Moor Walk (Perthshire)

Location: Garrows Estate, Perthshire
Date / Time: 19 April 2026

We are inviting GWCT members and interested members of the public to join us for guided walks over a select number of Scottish grouse moors in April 2026. This is a unique opportunity to learn about upland land management, including legal predator control and muirburn, on site from practitioners and landowners and to witness the breath-taking biodiversity found on managed moorland. The walks will be followed by a barbecue and drinks with all the food being provided and cooked by Castle Game Scotland. Read more

Apr 19

Essex Sunday Lunch

Essex Sunday Lunch

Location: The Green Man, Mill End Green, Dunmow CM6 2DN
Date / Time: 19 April 2026 at 1:00PM

Tickets are £45 a head and limited to eighty people. Buy now to avoid disappointment. Ticket price includes food and a glass of Prosecco on arrival. Read more

Apr 25

Moor Walk (Scottish Borders)

Moor Walk (Scottish Borders)

Location: Burncastle Estate, Scottish Borders
Date / Time: 25 April 2026

We are inviting GWCT members and interested members of the public to join us for guided walks over a select number of Scottish grouse moors in April 2026. This is a unique opportunity to learn about upland land management, including legal predator control and muirburn, on site from practitioners and landowners and to witness the breath-taking biodiversity found on managed moorland. The walks will be followed by a barbecue and drinks with all the food being provided and cooked by Castle Game Scotland. Read more

Apr 26

Moor Walk (Invernesshire)

Moor Walk (Invernesshire)

Location: Moy Estate, Invernesshire
Date / Time: 26 April 2026

We are inviting GWCT members and interested members of the public to join us for guided walks over a select number of Scottish grouse moors in April 2026. This is a unique opportunity to learn about upland land management, including legal predator control and muirburn, on site from practitioners and landowners and to witness the breath-taking biodiversity found on managed moorland. The walks will be followed by a barbecue and drinks with all the food being provided and cooked by Castle Game Scotland. Read more

Apr 27

BASIS Certificate in Game Management (Northumberland)

BASIS Certificate in Game Management (Northumberland)

Location: Bywell Office, GWCT, Stockwell, Northumberland
Date / Time: 27 April 2026 to 29 April 2026

Apr 28

Mink Control Course (Hampshire)

Mink Control Course (Hampshire)

Location: Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1EF
Date: 28 April 2026 Time: 10:00AM to 3:00PM

The GWCT Mink Raft has revolutionised control of American mink over the last two decades. It gives a highly reliable method of tracking mink, allowing trapping to take place only when they are present. This saves enormous amounts of time and effort, and makes trapping highly target specific, with minimal risk of non-target captures. Read more

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