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We’d like to welcome Logan Crimp to the GWCT Wales Team as our brand new Agriculture and Conservation Officer. Logan is a fluent Welsh speaker and will be a great asset to the team.
Here’s a bit about Logan (in English and Welsh):
“I’ve grown up on a shooting estate on Anglesey as the son of a Ga...
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The GWCT would urge all supporters with an interest in managed heather burning to contribute to the consultation on Defra’s proposed amendments to The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021.
Proposed amendments to the regulations include:
Expanding restrictions to all LFAs.
Re...
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By Dr Rufus Sage, Head of Lowland Game Research
The GWCT Research department recognises the potential for local populations of certain UK reptile species to be affected by released pheasants and partridges. While there is currently little solid evidence of an effect, it is very plausible that phe...
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Written by Iona Laing, Education & Events Officer
Fingask Castle on Sunday 7 December was the setting for a great day of celebration for a select group of youngsters as they were awarded for their artistic talent. GWCT hosted our annual art competition which invites school aged pupils from ac...
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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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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 Joe Stanley Head of Sustainable Farming at the GWCT Allerton Project
The transition from the old Common Agricultural Policy-style farm support payments to a new English system of ‘public money for public goods’ was always going to be a hard sell for the civil servants and politicians tasked w...
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The GWCT’s Allerton Project demonstration farm has joined the Central England branch of the Environmental Farmers Group.
The pioneering farmer-led environmental cooperative provides natural capital investors with a single point of contact and aims to ensure that farmers receive fair reward for d...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer
For any fire to start and spread it needs fuel, oxygen and an ignition source. But when it comes to wildfires at a landscape scale there are additional factors such as the fire environment (weather, topography and fuel) and the fire regime (land...
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Are you planning on visiting Ragley Hall for The Game Fair on 25-27 July? We would love to see you there and have lots going on at our stand. You can find us at stand number E1121.
Get the latest updates on our work
Throughout the weekend a number of our scientists will be available to discuss th...
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