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Factors influencing maternal condition in red grouse

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...

New Mycoplasma Vaccine Shown to Reduce Impact of the Disease

Our MPs' briefing for the parliamentary debate on banning driven grouse shooting

The GWCT policy team has briefed MPs ahead of the parliamentary debate triggered by the Wild Justice petition to ban driven grouse shooting. The petition gained more than 100,000 signatures required to prompt a debate, which will take place on Monday 30 June. The wording on the petition, which wi...

Open Farm Sunday

Open Farm Sunday has been taking place up and down the country in June every year since 2006. Managed by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), the day provides an opportunity for farmers to share their fabulous work with all ages, by opening their farms to the general public, and showcasing the...

Raptor conservation success should be recognised despite the unacceptable crimes of a few

The GWCT condemns the illegal killing of all birds of prey and so the RSPB’s Birdcrime Report, which records 1,344 incidents of the illegal killing of raptors in 15 years, makes for depressing reading. Sadly, the criminal acts of a minority bring gamekeepers into disrepute. By doing so, they clou...

VIDEO: 'Call of the Moors' - a poem for World Curlew Day

Managing our moors: GWCT letter to The Guardian

Predation control – a balanced policy

A corvid control plan for 2021

A Predation Control Plan for the Shoot