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Statement from GWCT Scotland on Scottish Government announcement on Grouse Moor Management Report

New study reveals huge decline in bird species when grouse management ends

"Well conducted management for grouse shooting can be a source of good for our uplands,” says GWCT Scotland Director

Driven grouse shooting may provide net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population – according to latest GWCT study

New research shows human food waste is fuelling foxes and putting pressure on threatened bird species

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and Bournemouth University (BU) has found that foxes in the New Forest are consuming large quantities of human food waste, which is likely to be keeping their numbers artificially high. The research estimates that of those foxes rem...

Dr Nick Hesford appointed Director of the GWCT in Scotland

Dr Nick Hesford has been appointed Director of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) in Scotland. Having started his GWCT journey spending a year as a BSc student in 2010, Nick joined GWCT’s Uplands Research team in 2017 with a PhD in Biodiversity and Community Ecology and has worked ...

GWCT Scottish Auction – a lifeline for Scottish research

The GWCT Scottish Auction raised more than £110,000 for vital research and conservation work aimed at preserving and enhancing the rural way of life in Scotland. Held at Edinburgh's prestigious Prestonfield House on 1st May, the event is now in its 37th year and support and enthusiasm for it rema...

Eels tagged in bid to understand their river movements and migration

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) fisheries team have begun a new project to catch and tag eels in the River Frome in Dorset in a first ever bid to better understand the movements of this fish species in our river and waterways and monitor the start of their migration from the U...

End of Summer Drinks for Conservation

GWCT’s Sundown Social at Wild by Tart in London on 15 September The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is excited to announce The Sundown Social Drinks, a reprisal of last year's Sons & Daughters Dinner, in a bid to introduce the younger generations to its research and conservatio...

New course created by GWCT to empower farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has created a new free online resource to for pioneering advisors, farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity and sustainability at a landscape scale. The Landscape Leaders: Farmer Cluster Training Programme has been created using ...