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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...
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By Holly Appleby, Sam Rawlinson and Molly Brown, Uplands Research
The GWCT Uplands Research team received funding from Natural England’s East of Eden Nature Recovery Project to investigate whether new native woodlands can benefit black grouse whilst minimising negative impacts on breeding waders....
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By Andrew Hoodless, GWCT Head of Research
Black grouse are vanishing from our landscape. Once found across much of the UK, these remarkable birds are now restricted to only a few areas.
We urgently need your help. With your support, our scientists can gather crucial data to guide conservation ef...
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We've teamed up with Scottish Land & Estates and the Scottish Regional Moorland Groups to put on a series of Pie & Pint Evenings.
GWCT Scotland Pie & Pint Evenings - Book your place now.
Monday 24 February - Glenmazeran Estate, Inverness-shire
Tuesday 25 February - Logie Coldstone, A...
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The GWCT’s annual Game Conference is promising to deliver an excellent line-up of speakers and a day packed with insightful and informative talks.
This year’s event will take place on Tuesday 18 March at the Trust’s headquarters at Fordingbridge in the New Forest. Lunch will be provided and there...
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Dr Rufus Sage head of lowland game research and Dr Andrew Hoodless director GWCT research
In the late 1990s GWCT worked with researchers at the University of Oxford to investigate the potential for pheasants to harbour Ixodes ricinus ticks and to contract and transmit from and to those ticks, var...
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The year 2024 has officially been declared “the worst year for bumblebees since records began” by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. While out in the field surveying pollinators across southern England, GWCT researchers also noticed a shocking decline in bee numbers compared to previous years. And...
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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 Holly Appleby and Molly Brown, Uplands Research
Black grouse were once numerous and widespread in England, yet over the last 150 years, the population has become increasingly isolated due to low breeding success, habitat fragmentation and changes in landscape configuration. The remaining birds...
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On International Women’s Day 2025, we celebrate the women shaping conservation science and bringing their dedication and passion to the GWCT.
GWCT has come a long way since its inception, starting with only five men but with women now making up 65% of our staff and 64% of our research team. Enco...
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