-
Our people
Passionate and resourceful. Loyal and positive.
Our shared passion to produce a thriving countryside rich in wildlife and game runs throughout the Trust. We’re proud that everyone at the Trust upholds these principles. Our organisation would not have been able to stay at the cutting ed...
-
Scottish HQ & Media
Dr Nick HesfordDirector Scotland07896 006322nhesford@gwct.org.uk
Mandy CannScottish Business Manager0131 202 7670mcann@gwct.org.uk
Lowground Research & GWSDF Auchnerran
Sophie HammerScottish LowlandResearch Placement Studentshammer@gwct.org.uk
Jack ChapmanScot...
-
We employ over 100 staff, including many scientists, and run over 60 research projects - many in collaboration with universities supervising PhD students.
We have an annual income of £6.8 million mostly coming from members, donations, fundraising events, sponsorship and charitable trusts. The re...
-
By volunteering some of your time, you can help us with our work in game conservation and management. This time can be given to help us with our research, helping a county group with its event organisation and management or helping us fundraise. If you have any particular skills this could be ben...
-
Publications Officer
Louise has worked at the GWCT for more than 20 years and is responsible for the editing, design and layout of GWCT’s members magazine Gamewise, as well as many science reports. She has always been interested in wildlife and lives in the New Forest with Austin, who works as a ...
-
With your help we can come out of the pandemic even stronger
By Teresa Dent CBE, GWCT Chief Executive
3 minute read
A year on from the start of the pandemic, your support has given us hope and enabled us to keep going – thank you. When the pandemic hit last March, we forecast a drop in income of...
-
If we want to safeguard the benefits of good habitat and winter food, predation control can have an important role. Thanks to the help of our supporters, we have designed, tested and proven the effectiveness of practical tools such as the mink raft and breakaway fox snare, which are now commonpl...
-
Within Scotland there is a very active debate on biodiversity, climate change, natural capital and land management.
As part of the Trust’s UK-wide research, advisory and policy work, we examine and develop positions with regard to species, habitats and land management particular to Scotland. We t...
-
Our 2024-2028 Strategy for a resilient working countryside
The conservation world is collectively trying to tackle the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. The GWCT has an important role to play because of the way in which we work with farmers, river keepers, gamekeepers, moorland...
-
Key points
Red grouse provide a relatively unique opportunity to study the gut microbiome of a wild-type bird in detail.
This study is the first to identify the gut microbiome in red grouse in detail, by extracting DNA directly from the gut contents of 15 individual birds from Scotland.
The rese...
Get the Latest News & Advice
Join over 100,000 subscribers and stay updated on our latest advice, research, news and offers.
*You may change your mind any time. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.