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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
Thursday 5th December is the FAO’s World Soils Day with a theme of caring for our soils through “measure, monitor, manage.”
The Importance of Good Data for Soil Management
The importance of good data to support informed decision-making is a ke...
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By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland
In March and early April, GWCT staff commenced the 2025 red grouse monitoring season by carrying out pair counts across Scotland. Pair counts aim to determine the number of pairs going into the breeding season. The current monitoring regime extends over...
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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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Written by Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
Over the course of a series of blogs this year I will be considering the current science on peatland management and restoration with a view to challenging some of the ‘accepted truths’. These are limiting our ability to adapt our approa...
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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 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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As the UK’s leading wildlife research charity, GWCT has consistently encouraged the shooting community to move from lead ammunition to alternatives on the basis that the scientific evidence shows it has a toxic effect on wildlife. In 2019, the Trust joined other organisations in calling on the se...
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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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