Press Releases - 2018

THE deadline to complete a valuable survey which reviews and assesses the performances of shoots across the season closes this month.

GWCT is among many organisations highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats through World Migratory Bird Day tomorrow (May 12^th).

ENVIRONMENTAL measures farmers are putting in place for birds and bees could be aiding a popular farmland creature, a new study has revealed.

TWO fisheries scientists from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Stephen Gregory and Rasmus Lauridsen, have been invited to sit on the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea’s (ICES) working groups for salmon and trout.

THE fisheries team at GWCT is set to receive a boost from funds raised through a newly-designed badge.

A GRANT has been awarded - ahead of World Curlew Day on Saturday April 21st - by the Heritage Lottery Fund to aid the recovery of an iconic bird, the curlew. 

AHEAD of World Curlew Day, GWCT staff have been paying visits to farms in fear of losing their nesting curlews due to the bird’s continuing demise.

NEW strategies in reducing the use of antibiotics in gamebird rearing are showing positive results, a veterinary consultant highlighted at Game 2018.

WADERS for Real, a project seeking to aid declining wader birds in the Avon Valley, has received a one-year extension. 

This important joint communication is intended for all UK gamebird rearers, any shoots
that release game, game feed suppliers, vets who look after gamebirds and everyone else
with an interest in gamebird husbandry and game shooting.