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UK partridges provide the blueprint to save EU wildlife

Experiences, shooting excitement and the challenges of saving a rare bird

Captain Partridge flies again – and leads a crop of superb storytelling events for kids and adults at this year’s GWCT Scottish Game Fair

Making a stand for pheasants at the CLA Game Fair at Harewood

A Cotswold farmer gives that extra 17% for conservation

Environment minister goes that extra mile for conservation

New Year Action Plan to save the Christmas ‘Grey’

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 ...

New research shows rise in predators is threatening red-listed birds with extinction

A survey of ground nesting birds on around 3,000 acres of moorland in north Northumberland has shown dramatic declines of iconic threatened species 10 years after predation management ceased as part of a controlled experiment spanning two decades. A recently published scientific paper based on th...

BBC Countryfile’s Adam Henson kicks off The Big Farmland Bird Count 2025

The Big Farmland Bird Count runs from 7th – 23rd February 2025 The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) – the UK’s annual census of farmland birds - was launched by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson on his Cotswold Farm at the weekend. Run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) a...