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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...
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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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Written by Jayna Connelly, Science Communicator
Tree planting is often seen as a universal fix for climate change, biodiversity loss and even economies via carbon credits. But ask any conservation scientist at the GWCT and they’ll tell you that it is just not that simple.
When done well, woodland...
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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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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...
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GWCT member Annette West was delighted to receive a 20-year-old jeroboam of Taylor’s Port at her home in North Devon after picking the winning raffle ticket on the GWCT stand at this year’s Game Fair at Ragley. Annette is planning to take the port, generously donated by Taylor’s, to Crufts in Mar...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Over the past 2-3 years, we have spent much time highlighting to ministers, their advisers and conservation bodies the increasing risk of wildfire to our natural environment. Our concerns are that the current direction of land management pol...
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UK Chief Veterinary Officer puts in place mandatory housing for poultry in north, central and east of England
Measures will take effect from 30 October 2025 and applies to keepers of more than 50 birds and any sellers of poultry products
In response to increased findings of highly pathogenic av...
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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...
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GWCT Upland Game Conference 2025
This year’s Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Upland Game Conference will take place in the heart of Teesdale, at The Witham in Barnard Castle, on Monday 17th February.
Previously known as the North of England Grouse Seminar, the event has been renamed...
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