Press Releases - 2019

A RANGE of vehicles, from vintage cars and 4x4s to motorbikes and sports cars, are set to converge at a fundraising event for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

THE curlew’s evocative call is much-loved by generations of Scots, particularly in the south-west and the Borders, where it was often better known as the whaup.

RICHARD Negus is taking on a gruelling 65-mile hike across the Suffolk Coastal Path to raise funds for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

The Lancashire and Cumbria branches of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) are holding their annual Levens Team Challenge on Sunday 26th May, to raise funds for the Trust's groundbreaking scientific research.

THE National Gamekeepers’ Organisation (NGO) and the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) are joining forces to undertake an ambitious nationwide survey that will shine a light on the work of the gamekeeping community.

NEW analyses conducted by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research, conclude “it is likely that driven grouse shooting provides a net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population”.

CURLEW have arrived on a Welsh moor that is conserved by the Powys Moorlands Partnership (PMP) project.

BY working together over the last two years, game farmers, gamekeepers, their vets and their feed suppliers have reduced antibiotic use in gamebirds by 51%. It’s been a brilliant response to an urgent campaign initiated by the Game Farmers’ Association and supported by all the above organisations.

THE GWCT is launching its second series of popular roadshows this month.

SATELLITE tagging and ringing is enhancing our understanding of woodcock and sea trout - but support in Wales is needed for it to succeed.