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New research methods will help us overcome soil deficit: Our letter to the Farmers Guardian

SAMARCH: GWCT to lead on major new research into declining salmon and sea trout populations in the Channel area

Highlight the benefits of your shoot with a Shoot Biodiversity Assessment

By Alex Keeble, Game & Wildlife Advisor The GWCT has demonstrated through many years of research that good game management can lead to significant benefits to wildlife. Woodlands managed for pheasants tend to support more songbirds and butterflies than non-shooting woods; this is because game...

#KeepItClean: Hinkley Point C and the Acoustic Fish Deterrent

Summary: The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset faces environmental scrutiny as EDF Energy contests the installation of an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD), a measure designed to protect local fish populations. A coalition has presented a scientifically backed report affirming the neces...

Avian influenza risk levels increased as first case confirmed in poultry in England

All bird keepers are being urged to take action to protect their birds and remain vigilant and report signs of disease following an increase in risk levels and the first confirmed case in poultry this winter. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N5 has been confirmed in commercial poultry a...

GWCT Upland Game Conference 2025

The Upland Game Conference, formerly known as the North of England Grouse Seminar, has revamped for 2025 to offer something for landowners, land managers, gamekeepers, and conservationists alike. We have expanded our range of talks to include updates on research and policy, and practical advice ...

Introducing Sam Rawlinson - Graduate Intern with the GWCT English Uplands team

I’m Sam Rawlinson, one of the newly started graduate interns with the Uplands Research team, working in the North Pennines. I studied biology (with a focus on evolutionary biology) at university and spent the last two years involved in outdoor education, largely teaching ecology fieldwork skills...

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 Sussex Study film highlights the vital role played by GWCT in monitoring the UK’s invertebrates

Starting in 1970, the GWCT’s ongoing Sussex Study is the world’s longest running scientific study on invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem, providing a robust indication of the national picture. In the video Julie Ewald explains the implications of the 37% decline since 1970 revealed in her recen...

GWCT Upland Game Conference 2025 calls for ‘boots on the ground’ to increase data collection to demonstrate the benefits of grouse moor management

Gamekeepers, estate managers, land agents and shooting organisations from across the North of England and Scotland gathered for this year’s Upland Game Conference in Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, to hear from a wide range of speakers including scientists specialising in upland research, policy exp...