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Which river characteristics provide better habitat for young salmon and trout?

Our charitable objects

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust charitable objects are: To promote for the public benefit,  the conservation of game and its associated flora and fauna. To conduct research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of f...

How water flow in rivers affects where salmon spawn

Managing water levels on wet grasslands to improve food supply for lapwing

Redd Alert: How water flow in rivers affects where salmon spawn

Why control mink?

Grayling

European grayling The lady of the stream: A fish as elegant in biology as it is in folklore The start of this month has seen the combines rolling across the fields in both the Allenford and Martin Down Farmer Clusters, which I have the pleasure of working with, which is a much earlier start to ha...

Megan Lock

Farmland Biodiversity Advisor Megan facilitates two large Farmer Clusters, undertaking ecological surveys, planning and overseeing habitat connection, creation and management, and provides training and events. She also delivers GWCT Advisory services and manages several individual client portfoli...

Louise Shervington

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 ...

New discoveries on sea trout behaviour helps inform international conservation efforts

Key points New tracking technologies have given researchers clearer insight into sea trout smolt survival during their outward migration and adult behaviour whilst at sea. Using acoustic tags and data storage tags, scientists tracked hundreds of sea trout in three rivers and their estuaries that...