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With the draw limited to just 1,500 tickets, there is a very good chance of winning the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s annual Gun Draw. But tickets are selling fast and only available until 28 November 2022. This year’s winner will receive a pair of Bespoke William Powell Sovereign sho...
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With many people considering game meat as a sustainable addition to their diet, a new range of prepared meals has been launched to make the process as easy as possible. Girl Gone Wild offers five tantalising meals to suit all tastes - Wild Venison Sausages with Onion & Pancetta Gravy, Wild V...
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This International Women’s Day (8 March), the GWCT, is highlighting the contribution of women to science and land-based careers, where they have been traditionally under-represented.
We have come a long way since 1913, when International Women’s Day was first marked, yet it was recently estimated...
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Numbers of salmon spending more than a year in the north Atlantic have declined by as much as 88% since the 1970s. There appears also to have been a fall of between 40% and 66% in grilse, salmon that return to spawn after a single winter at sea.
Figures for salmon returning to UK spawning ground...
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British conservation charity the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has teamed up with a trio of leading wildlife artists to create an online charity art gallery.
The GWCT Wildlife Art Gallery launched today (24 July) at www.gwctgallery.org.uk with work from Ashley Boon, Rodger McPhail...
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Following successive years of decline in adult salmon on the River Frome, numbers of young salmon leaving the river in 2020 to go to sea were 40% up on the 10-year average, according to the latest figures in a fisheries report launched today. An estimated 13,062 salmon smolts left the River Frome...
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1st June 2022, saw the release of the official Scottish Government Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics for the 2021 Season.
35,693 Atlantic salmon and 12,636 sea trout were caught in Scotland in 2021. These are the lowest catches since records began in 1952.
They follow years of sustained dec...
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A new range of Christmas card designs celebrating the British countryside with humour and affection is now available from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Shop.
The collection features new designs from the ever-popular cartoonist Loon. In ‘No Rudolf’, Santa’s favourite reindeer i...
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Tickets for the GWCT GRAND GROUSE DRAW, widely considered the ultimate prize in fieldsports, are now available for a limited time.
The winner will experience an exhilarating day in pursuit of driven grouse on the beautiful Burncastle Estate, Scotland. Along with seven friends they will enjoy an ...
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Declines in adult salmon on the River Frome witnessed in recent years show no sign of abating, according to the latest figures in a fisheries report.
The latest Fisheries Research Review, published this week by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), shows that a disappointing number o...
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