Press Releases - 2019

AS it is anticipated that pink salmon will appear in UK rivers in large numbers this year, ecologists across the UK are teaming up to explore the presence of invasive pink salmon and their potential impacts.

THE biodiversity benefits of a shoot in Monmouthshire were pointed out during a walk by an advisor from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Wales.

THE 31^st GWCT Scottish Game Fair welcomed over 30,000 visitors through its gates across three days for a true celebration of conservation and the countryside.

For the 20th year running, the gardens of Glemham Hall in Suffolk are hosting an evening of Shakespeare, for the benefit of the UK's leading wildlife research charity.

George Fleming kindly provided a tour of his family farm at Aberbothrie, Airlie this week to pupils from Longforgan Primary. The trip was arranged as part of the prize to Prithvi Sudarshan, one of the two winners from the 2018 Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Perth and Kinross Art Competition.

The GWCT in Scotland has stressed that evidence must have a vital part to play in the consultation on Green MSP Alison Johnstone’s proposed bill that, among other measures, is seeking a ban on the control of mountain hares.

A NEW project that aims to reverse the declines of wild pollinators is set to receive a multi-million pound investment from the EU’s North Sea Region Interreg Programme.

A EUROPEAN project that strives to increase the grey partridge population through high levels of biodiversity has received a three-year extension.

A NORFOLK farmer has been recognised by the farming and conservation industry for his outstanding efforts to promote good habitat and environmental management on his farm.

PROVIDING habitat, food and protection – known as the three-legged stool approach – could help our ground-nesting birds thrive in Wales, according to leading research organisation the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).