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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Defra has announced that it will proceed with the planned changes to the Heather & Grass Burning Regulations 2021 which it consulted on in the Spring/early Summer. This means that the requirement for a licence to burn on deep peat will be exten...
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The GWCT’s Allerton Project Training Team has been awarded the contract by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to deliver the Government’s new Baseline Agricultural Training programme for its internal staff for the next four years.
The programme has one simple aim: t...
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The Scottish Game Fair is a highlight of the year for everyone at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and it’s made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.
GWCT Private Lunches
McInroy & Wood is a leading investment management firm with a reputation for excel...
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By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland
The beginning of the new calendar year offers an opportunity to reflect on the results of the health testing in red grouse carried out by GWCT Advisory Services Scotland in 2024.
Samples
Red grouse are routinely monitored for the presence of strongyle ...
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Open Farm Sunday has been taking place up and down the country in June every year since 2006. Managed by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), the day provides an opportunity for farmers to share their fabulous work with all ages, by opening their farms to the general public, and showcasing the...
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By Sue Evans, Policy Director for Wales
In response to: Welsh Government: Curlew conservation project takes flight!
“It was great to have the Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies out at the Curlew Connections project, which we at GWCT Cymru are leading on working in partnership with Bannau Br...
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What are your first memories of the countryside?
Luckily I was born and brought up on the farm where I still live, in East Hertfordshire, so my very earliest memories are rural ones. I had two older brothers, but they were nearer in age to each other, so I sometimes ended up on my own during sch...
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What is the Black Grouse Range Expansion Project?
Why are black grouse populations declining?
How will the project help increase black grouse breeding success?
Why is the North York Moors a suitable location for re-establishing black grouse?
How will black grouse be moved to the North York Moor...
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Black grouse in the UK have declined severely in both population size and range over the past 200 years. To measure trends in numbers over time in northern England, our GWCT Uplands team counts lekking males in the spring from vantage points. To measure breeding productivity, we also count black...
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By Joe Stanley Head of Sustainable Farming at the GWCT Allerton Project
The transition from the old Common Agricultural Policy-style farm support payments to a new English system of ‘public money for public goods’ was always going to be a hard sell for the civil servants and politicians tasked w...
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