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Written by Andrew Clay, Uplands Placement Student
Having grown up on a smallholding further south in the Pennines, as well as having some prior experience grouse beating, I arrived in Teesdale already with a keen interest in upland landscapes. As such, I feel so privileged to be on a placement wh...
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Following a successful 2024-25 shooting season at Gwysaney Sporting Club Ltd the owner James Davies-Cooke has presented GWCT Cymru with an astounding donation of £10k raised at the Gwysaney Young Shots Day and the collection of sweepstakes throughout the season.
Gwysaney Sporting Club Ltd is a f...
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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...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Over the past 2-3 years, we have spent much time highlighting to ministers, their advisers and conservation bodies the increasing risk of wildfire to our natural environment. Our concerns are that the current direction of land management pol...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
This week the Government published an updated Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) following the rapid review initiated in July 2024. This revision now links the goals with commitments and actions so there is a pathway to delivery. But wil...
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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 West Tayside committee organised a day for a team of young guns at Errol Sporting on 18th October. The aim of the day was to give an opportunity of a full driven day shooting to a group of young enthusiasts. We asked for each nomination from estate managers, gamekeepers or likewise who b...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
Over the course of a series of blogs this year I will be considering the current science on peatland management and restoration with a view to challenging some of the ‘accepted truths’. These are limiting our ability to adapt our approa...
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Written by Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
Tree planting is often seen as a universal fix for climate change, biodiversity loss and even economies via carbon credits. But ask any conservation scientist at the GWCT and they’ll tell you that it is just not that simple.
When done well, woodland...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Many of GWCT’s policy messages relate to the benefits of land management and the need for interventions. Land management and associated practices can support policy outcomes in a variety of areas from carbon sequestration protection to natur...
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