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New EFG natural Knowledge Hub

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Allerton Project is partnering with the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) to create a Knowledge Hub to serve as a resource for farmers looking to enhance their understanding of natural capital markets, sustainable land management, and the lates...

Our letter to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs

In anticipation of this week's government spending review, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has joined forces with twelve leading organisations to warn the government of the negative impact that potential cuts may have for nature and rural businesses. The letter, addressed to the Food S...

Two essential conferences for game managers in early 2025

We're running two essential conferences for game managers in the first part of next year. The GWCT Uplands Game & Wildlife Conference will take place on Monday 17th February at The Witham at Barnard Castle and will cover many of the key issues facing our uplands. Online booking is available  ...

Will our moors become silent?

By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer A couple of weeks ago I (and my colleagues Eleanor and Sally) had the pleasure of being part of a Moorland Matters event. These informal get togethers of those with an interest in our uplands are a great way to experience moorland wildlife and to learn t...

How our Loddington Shoot demonstrates best practice

By Alex Keeble, Central England Game & Wildlife Advisor The Allerton Project, established in 1992, is a research and demonstration farm managed by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust at Loddington, Leicestershire and covers approximately 320 hectares. The farm at Loddington was a beque...

New Agriculture and Conservation Officer appointed by GWCT Wales

We’d like to welcome Logan Crimp to the GWCT Wales Team as our brand new Agriculture and Conservation Officer. Logan is a fluent Welsh speaker and will be a great asset to the team. Here’s a bit about Logan (in English and Welsh): “I’ve grown up on a shooting estate on Anglesey as the son of a Ga...

Water voles: A new place in the country for Ratty

Where are we up to with gamebird release licences for SPAs and their buffers in England?

GWCT encourages those wishing to release gamebirds on to an SPA this year to apply for a licence from Natural England, regardless of whether the SPA is on Natural England’s list of SPAs likely to receive permission or not. GWCT has been told that the list does not prejudge Natural England’s decis...

Driven Grouse Shooting debate: recognising the science

Many readers will be aware of the recent scrutiny facing grouse shooting. At the start of the year Wild Justice once again launched a petition calling for the ban of driven grouse shooting, and in May this petition gained the 100,000 signatures necessary for the topic to be debated by Parliament....

Wild bird species continue to decline - “Wild? I was absolutely livid!”

By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England) Wild bird populations continue to decline as demonstrated by Government statistics released on 12th November. We have used the graphs for breeding farmland, woodland, water and wetland and upland birds generated by these statistics many times ...