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  • Grand Grouse Draw

      The 2024 Grand Grouse Draw is now closed - winning ticket number: 565 It is with great pleasure that we offer an exhilarating day of driven grouse shooting to the winner of the 2024 GWCT Grand Grouse Draw. We have been very lucky to secure a day's driven grouse shooting in the Scottish Borders....

  • Our trustees

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust's patron is HM The King and its president is the Marquess of Salisbury. The Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the Trust and provides us with a breadth of experience and expertise in the countryside and wildlife conservation. Chairman The ...

  • Predation control

    The protection of wild game by gamekeepers has by tradition involved the control of those predators that kill gamebirds or rob their nests. While some ecologists up to the late 1970s believed predation losses to be of little or no consequence to prey populations our experimental studies have demo...

  • Advice & Training

    No change to Scottish General Licences in 2023 NatureScot have announced that General Licences in 2023 will remain the same as those issued on 1st January 2022. It is important that everyone reads and understands the relevant licences for the control of pest bird species (GLs 01, 02 & 03/2023...

  • Sussex Study

    Our study on the Sussex Downs is the longest-running monitoring project in the world that measures the impact of changes in farming on the fauna and flora of arable land. It started in 1968 with an investigation into the causes of the decline in numbers of the grey partridge. The Sussex Study cel...

  • Premium Online Membership

    Save over 15% on our most complete package GWCT Premium Online Members receive exactly the same benefits as our Premium Members, only we send you digital copies of our regular members' magazine and Annual Review by email instead of by post. We save on printing and postage costs and pass that savi...

  • Premium Membership

    Our most complete package - get insured and enjoy exclusive discounts What you receive when you join ✓ £10m Public Liability Insurance covering a wide range of sporting and recreational activities including shooting and fishing (see full list here) - coverage starts as soon as you join, even i...

  • Joint Premium Membership

    Our most complete package for two people Add an additional member for just £3 a month Save over 25% on the price of two Premium Memberships by taking out Joint Premium Membership. What you both receive when you join ✓ £10m Public Liability Insurance covering a wide range of sporting and recrea...

  • Shoot Sweepstake

    The GWCT Shoot Sweepstake scheme is a simple but effective way of raising money during the shooting season to support the important work of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. Have you already collected funds from your sweepstake? Pay Shoot Sweepstake donation > How it works The sweep...

  • Chair - Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) seeks its next Chair of the Board of Trustees, to succeed Sir Jim Paice. GWCT is the UK’s leading charity working for a thriving countryside rich in game and wildlife. For nearly 100 years, GWCT has worked closely with farmers, land managers, game...

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