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VIDEO: RSPB 'self-isolates' from shooting community with demanding gamebird review

GWCT response to Defra review into releasing gamebirds on and around protected sites

GWCT submit evidence to Natural Resources Wales review on shooting

Essential reading for anyone interested in farming and nature conservation. A review of The Return of the Grey Partridge

GWCT welcomes Welsh Environment Minister’s pledge to review ban on Humane Cable Restraints

Call for evidence to inform the review of NRW’s approach to regulating the shooting and trapping of wild birds in Wales

It’s bizarre that staff at the RSPB decided to use a review process that accentuates the negatives and minimises the positives: Our letter sent to The Telegraph

Scotland: General Licences 2025

By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland General Licences for 2025 were issued by NatureScot in December 2024 and are in effect as of 1 January 2025. It was previously expected that the 2025 Licences would involve significant changes following the wider species review that was to be undertaken...

Peat – mired in myths? (Part 1)

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...

Highlight the benefits of your shoot with a Shoot Biodiversity Assessment

By Alex Keeble, Game & Wildlife Advisor The GWCT has demonstrated through many years of research that good game management can lead to significant benefits to wildlife. Woodlands managed for pheasants tend to support more songbirds and butterflies than non-shooting woods; this is because game...