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The Willoughton Estate near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire has won a prestigious conservation prize for their efforts in preserving one of Britain's most iconic birds.

Amateur and semi-professional gamekeepers are invited to attend the GWCT Part-Time Gamekeepers Course this September.  

With vast numbers of diamondback moths being recorded the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is reminding gamekeepers and landowners to keep a close eye on game cover crops.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) are launching a project to re-introduce the grey partridge to Cornwall.

Budding farmer and CBeebies presenter, JB Gill, once of boy band JLS, has joined school children on a visit to a farm. JB Gill has visited the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Allerton project research farm in Leicestershire.

This June the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust will launch a new Woodland Management training day in Leicestershire.

Next week sees the first of this summer’s school visits to the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) research farm. Children from Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in Leicester will be visiting the Allerton Project at Loddington to explore the farm. 

The fifth annual Julian Gardner Awards photographic competition is now open for entries. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is calling on all amateur nature photographers to take part.

Budding farmer and CBeebies presenter JB Gill, once of boy band JLS, is preparing to enhance his farming skills on a visit to the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) research and demonstration farm in Leicestershire.

This year the count not only beat the last two years’ records, but also included the spotting of several rare birds over the week. The highlights were a ring ouzel and snow bunting.