Press Releases - 2018

‘A CLEANER and healthier environment for future generations’ was at the heart of the Government’s Agriculture Bill, launched earlier this month, but who will deliver it, what can farmers do to achieve it and how can the agri-food supply chain support them?

Are you passionate about the countryside? Do you want to hear more about the prospects for the forthcoming season and our latest findings on pheasants, grouse, woodcock?

We are delighted to announce a series of local informal events this season to share our latest research and find out the issues that are affecting you.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) feels the Natural Resources Wales (NRW) decision to end shooting on their land is a blow for wildlife.

A wonderful selection of paintings are captured in this year’s Christmas cards by Fordingbridge-based charity The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). The five designs are all exclusively painted by leading wildlife artists and showcase the best of the British countryside in winter. 

The owner of the Calmsden estate near Cirencester, Mark Tufnell, has always been crazy about his grey partridges. He was the driving force behind setting up the Cotswold grey partridge group back in the noughties, becoming chairman of the group and has now been awarded a prestigious trophy for his commitment to wild grey partridge conservation. 

The increased focus on rewarding environmental benefits within the new Agriculture Bill is encouraging, say policy staff at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

FARMERS, landowners and land managers are once more giving their time to help conservation this autumn in what has become a biannual tradition – the partridge count.

The Castleacre GWCT East Anglian Grey Partridge Conservation Award, held on 6 September, has become a popular feature of the Autumn calendar. Designed by the Game Wildlife and Conservation Trust to encourage landowners and farmers in this region to improve native grey partridge populations.

DYLAN Roberts, a fisheries scientist at Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), is drumming up support to secure much-needed funds for a revolutionary piece of technology that could unlock the mystery of declining sea trout numbers.

FARMERS, facilitators, advisors, policy makers and those passionate about wildlife will be heading to The Birmingham & Midland Institute for the second Farmer Cluster Conference on November 1st.