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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.

Results are in for the 4th year of the Raptor Transect Survey Project, administered by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) for Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups.

Starting in 1970, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) ongoing Sussex Study is the world’s longest running dataset on the cereal ecosystem, providing a robust indication of the national picture.

More than 30 bird boxes have been installed on farms across Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire to help swifts returning for the summer find suitable places to nest.

Farmers from the EFG have joined forces with Rothamsted Research to help improve river health and deliver other positive environmental outcomes. The partnership helped EFG members in the Wylye catchment in Wiltshire to design a farmer-led, water quality monitoring scheme, which will help them reduce farm pollution in the river.