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Taking Flight: Inside the GWCT Black Grouse Expansion Project

From the North Pennines to the North York Moors: The GWCT Black Grouse Translocation Project is in full swing! Our latest short film (above) offers an exclusive glimpse into the incredible work our team is doing to safeguard this iconic species. The Black Grouse Range Expansion Project, funded b...

Monitoring ticks on grouse. Are they on the increase?

Response to a new study on ticks, Borrelia bacteria and Lyme disease potential in relation to pheasant release pens

Dr Rufus Sage head of lowland game research and Dr Andrew Hoodless director GWCT research In the late 1990s GWCT worked with researchers at the University of Oxford to investigate the potential for pheasants to harbour Ixodes ricinus ticks and to contract and transmit from and to those ticks, var...

Wildlife thrives on grouse moors because of management (our letter to The Telegraph)

National Rodent Control Survey: Enter and you could win £250

GWCT Upland Game Conference 2025 calls for ‘boots on the ground’ to increase data collection to demonstrate the benefits of grouse moor management

Gamekeepers, estate managers, land agents and shooting organisations from across the North of England and Scotland gathered for this year’s Upland Game Conference in Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, to hear from a wide range of speakers including scientists specialising in upland research, policy exp...

It’s time to be proud of the contribution grouse moors make to our national parks: Our letter to The Times

Those who break the law undermine the vital role grouse moors can play in the conservation of raptors: Our letter to The Guardian

Grouse moors protect, not destroy, our precious species: Our letter to the New Statesman

TV naturalist forgets the facts in scathing attack of grouse moors: Our letter to the Independent