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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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 ...
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The Last Keeper has been making waves across the globe, earning acclaim for its powerful narrative and stunning cinematography. Tackling the complex and often contentious issues surrounding land management in Scotland, the documentary has achieved remarkable success not just in sparking meaningf...
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Crashes in grouse populations in recent years have highlighted the need to better understand grouse population dynamics and the factors that currently influence these dramatic declines. The GWCT has carried out red grouse population and disease monitoring since the 1980s, which has led to a wealt...
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Written by Ross Macleod, Head of Policy (Scotland)
The Scottish Government’s Natural Environment Bill was introduced to Holyrood in February 2025 and is aimed at protecting Scotland’s natural environment. Stage 1 debate took place on 30th October, with MSPs broadly accepting the general principle...
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