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Written by Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
It’s National Nest Box Week!
It’s easy to take the comfort of our own homes for granted, yet suitable shelter is one of the most limiting resources for many of our wild neighbours. As natural nesting sites decline through changes in land use and tid...
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For over a decade, the Farmer Cluster initiative, pioneered by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), has transformed how conservation works on farmland.
Background
The idea is simple but powerful: neighbouring farmers come together to improve wildlife habitat at a landscape scale, s...
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By Mike Swan, Senior Advisor
One of the proudest moments of my career with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Advisory service was when my friends and clients Ian and Claire Smith of Nether Hale in Kent won the Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation in 2003. Four years earlier, with ju...
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Written by Leah Cloonan and Sam Rawlinson
In the spring of this year the Upland Research Team in northern England returned to a project that previously ran in 2022 and 2023. The project looks at the maternal condition of red grouse and which factors affect their subsequent breeding success. Red g...
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The GWCT carries out research on a number of shorebirds and waders. From studies of the migration routes of snipe, lapwing and curlew, to the monitoring of nesting habits of lapwing in wet meadows and arable fields, to developing new techniques to protect them from predators.
Our Gravelly Shores ...
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By Sophie Jackson, Wildlife Recovery Placement Student
Few sights are as magical as a barn owl gliding over a field on a summer’s evening. With their heart-shaped faces, ghostly plumage and soundless flight, they have long been described as ethereal and mysterious. I’ve always found barn owls cap...
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By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland
10 December marks the official end of the grouse-shooting season in the UK. Thus, it provides an excellent opportunity to update on the results of the health testing in red grouse carried out by the GWCT Advisory Services in Scotland in 2025.
Samples
Gr...
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You can find out more about everything happening at The Scottish Game Fair and secure your tickets here.
All of us in Scotland are counting down the days until 4th July – and for different reasons to our friends in the USA! This year the Scottish Game fair at Scone Palace begins that day, runnin...
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By Juliet Turner, Farmland Ecology Research Assistant
In my first week as a pollinator ecologist for GWCT Farmland Ecology, a national heatwave hit, and I found myself roasting in the middle of an enormous wheat field, 30+ degrees of sun blazing down upon me. I had been out in the heat all day, a...
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Written by Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
Native ladybird species in the UK:
The UK is home to around 47 native ladybird species, many of which are tiny and rarely noticed—some are less than 3 mm long!
Not all ladybirds are red with black spots—many smaller species are yellow, brown, or ev...
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