Press Releases - June 2016

Too many females in a wild pheasant harem harms the ability of the group to spot predators, experts from the University of Exeter have found.

Amateur and semi-professional gamekeepers are invited to attend the GWCT Part-Time Gamekeepers Course this September.  

A preview of paintings by a renowned rural artist is being held at the end of June to raise money for the UK's leading wildlife research charity, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

A clay shoot day in Kent has raised nearly £80,000 to be split between two charities: Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and leading wildlife conservation research charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). 

The University of Southampton celebrated World Fish Migration Day at two events last month and also raised money for salmon research at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.  

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is looking for volunteers to help with salmon parr tagging on the River Frome in Dorset.

The Padstow Farm Shop has released a limited edition ‘Grey Partridge Pilsner’, which aims to raise funds for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Cornish Grey Partridge Project (CGPP).

With vast numbers of diamondback moths being recorded the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is reminding gamekeepers and landowners to keep a close eye on game cover crops.

Leading wildlife research charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is to be one of the main beneficiaries of a spectacular summer concert in Nottinghamshire this July.

Despite the rain, hail and cool temperatures in late April and early May, survival of lapwing chicks in the Avon Valley has been higher than average this year.