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NEW analyses conducted by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research, conclude “it is likely that driven grouse shooting provides a net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population”.

CURLEW have arrived on a Welsh moor that is conserved by the Powys Moorlands Partnership (PMP) project.

BY working together over the last two years, game farmers, gamekeepers, their vets and their feed suppliers have reduced antibiotic use in gamebirds by 51%. It’s been a brilliant response to an urgent campaign initiated by the Game Farmers’ Association and supported by all the above organisations.

THE GWCT is launching its second series of popular roadshows this month.

SATELLITE tagging and ringing is enhancing our understanding of woodcock and sea trout - but support in Wales is needed for it to succeed.

WADERS in the Avon Valley are making a comeback, according to scientists at a leading wildlife charity.

A FANTASTIC effort from farmers have helped secure a best-ever year for the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC).

THE Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has been chosen by The Game Fair as its official charity for 2019.

GAMEKEEPERS throughout the Scottish uplands are being asked to take the lead to ensure that mountain hare (Lepus timidus) numbers are sustainably managed for the future by implementing a new counting methodology that provides better insight into their abundance.

TURTLE doves, a red-listed species of conservation concern, have been boosted by a Farmer Cluster group who have raised funds for the restoration of a much-needed pond on Martin Down National Nature Reserve.