Press Releases - 2024

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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) fisheries team have begun a new project to catch and tag eels in the River Frome in Dorset in a first ever bid to better understand the movements of this fish species in our river and waterways and monitor the start of their migration from the UK and across the Atlantic Ocean.

This year’s Christmas card collection designed exclusively for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust features black grouse in a snowy winter landscape painted by guest artist Martin Ridley.

The annual counting and tagging of juvenile wild Atlantic salmon on the River Frome in Dorset have yielded the lowest number of fish in more than 20 years of monitoring, which is hugely concerning for the scientists running the project.

A new project by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is underway to translocate black grouse from their stronghold in the North Pennines to the North York Moors to expand their range and help them to recolonise areas where they have not bred for nearly 200 years.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has added a new exciting event to its calendar to introduce the younger generations to its research and conservation work – The Sons & Daughters Dinner is set to take place on 28 November at the prestigious Savile Club in London.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) are delighted to announce that they are partnering with Eley Hawk to launch a new cartridge to support the work of the charity. The Eley 12 Gauge Grand Prix Traditional Bismuth Pro-Eco 28g 5 shot load will launch on 19 September and be available online and in stores across the UK. Two pence from every cartridge sold will be donated to the GWCT.

A review of the status of the UK’s breeding seabird populations has seen five species added to the Red list of highest conservation concern.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and Eat Wild have joined forces to call on all shooting grounds and schools in the country to support a new joint fundraising initiative called Fiver for the Future in a bid to help secure the future of Fieldsports in the UK.

Researchers from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Wales have developed a new and highly advanced drone technique that is revolutionising practical curlew conservation by allowing them to locate the nests of this elusive wader and work with farmers to protect the chicks from being killed by machinery or predators.