Press Releases - February 2025

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is thrilled to announce its new ambassadorial programme. The Trust hopes that its five new ambassadors – Hannah Russell, Marina Gibson, Jordan Rigby, Tom Wood and Tristan Phipps – will be able to reach a wider audience and share news and information about the GWCT’s unique role in delivering scientific research that directly influences government policy and promotes game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and Bournemouth University (BU) has found that foxes in the New Forest are consuming large quantities of human food waste, which is likely to be keeping their numbers artificially high. The research estimates that of those foxes removed over the course of a year by wildlife managers, the proportion being sustained by human food waste could be as high as 65%.

A new fundraising initiative by Eat Wild and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – Fiver for the Future - has been hailed a success by raising £3,000 simply by asking guests at shooting schools to donate £5 at the end of their lessons.

The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) – the UK’s annual census of farmland birds - was launched by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson on his Cotswold Farm at the weekend.