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A full-day symposium examining the conservation of Scotland’s four grouse species – red grouse, black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan – is taking place on 5 May 2023 at Balhousie Castle, Perth.

In the next fortnight, thousands of farmers and land managers across the UK will be taking half an hour out to observe and record the wild birds that share their land, as the tenth GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count gets under way.

The annual Charity Clay Shoot at Warter Priory Estate in East Yorkshire has raised an incredible £135,000 for the UK's leading wildlife research charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). The money will go towards the vital scientific research carried out by the GWCT to enhance the British countryside for public benefit.

As pupils return to school for the beginning of a new school year, the GWCT has once again launched its Schools Art Competition, which is open to all pupils across Perth and Kinross, Angus, and Aberdeenshire.

The 4th Wykeham Charity Clay Shoot held on 26 May this year raised over £50,000 with the proceeds being split between Ryedale Special Families, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue.

A new habitat measure developed by scientists from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) to boost the fortunes of the beloved, red-listed grey partridge, is proving a big hit with insects too.

A study of breeding pairs of redshank – a threatened native wading bird species – whose population is recovering in the Avon Valley in Hampshire, has shown one intrepid individual travel more than 100km to Wales for the winter. Its epic journey is helping scientists from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust to understand more about the movement and habits of this ‘amber-listed’ bird species, to help better protect it in future.

A landmark event coordinated by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Moorland Association and Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate has brought together, for the first time, the people and organisations responsible for managing England’s protected uplands to seek a common vision for the future of these precious landscapes.

Mountain hare densities in the Peak District could be five times higher than previous estimates, according to new findings.

The UK’s farmers, gamekeepers and land managers are being urged to get involved in the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count from 4-20 February 2022, and make a crucial difference to wildlife.