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There are several Big Farmland Bird Count ID workshops taking place across Wales which aim to get farmers and other wildlife enthusiasts ready and up to speed with bird identification before the official 10-day count period from 7-16 February.

With the future management of Britain’s moorland being debated, experts are gathering to discuss what happens next at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s North of England Grouse Seminar run by the Trust’s Upland Team.

These informal talks have been running for three years and have been popular with countryside enthusiasts, farmers, birdwatchers and members of the public eager to learn more about rural affairs.

Standard setting and training organisation, BASIS, and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) have joined forces to provide the first best practice qualification of its kind for the game sector.

Britain’s farmers are uniting to show that, as well as providing our nation’s food, they are also playing an important role in protecting wildlife. 

GWCT Scotland respond to the newly-published Werritty Review.

A POPULAR cookbook which supports the vital conservation work at the GWCT has scooped three national awards.

WILDLIFE enthusiasts across the country are being urged to take part in the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), which is back for the seventh successive year.

PRAISE is being heaped on the 3,000 supporters who have completed the GWCT General Licences Survey – with the responses now in the hands of rural heavyweights Defra.

FOLLOWING the success of their charitable campaign for Black Friday, premium countrywear specialistsSchöffel Country has today announced that they have raised a total of £6,890 for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).