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  • GWCT at The Game Fair 2025

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is promising another exciting and informative display at our stand at the Game Fair at Ragley Hall on 25-27 July where we will be launching our new publication: Game For Nature – Why released gamebird management is a lifeline for declining farmland biodi...

  • BBC Countryfile’s Adam Henson kicks off The Big Farmland Bird Count 2025

    The Big Farmland Bird Count runs from 7th – 23rd February 2025 The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) – the UK’s annual census of farmland birds - was launched by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson on his Cotswold Farm at the weekend. Run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) a...

  • GWCT Scottish Auction – a lifeline for Scottish research

    The GWCT Scottish Auction raised more than £110,000 for vital research and conservation work aimed at preserving and enhancing the rural way of life in Scotland. Held at Edinburgh's prestigious Prestonfield House on 1st May, the event is now in its 37th year and support and enthusiasm for it rema...

  • New research shows human food waste is fuelling foxes and putting pressure on threatened bird species

    A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and Bournemouth University (BU) has found that foxes in the New Forest are consuming large quantities of human food waste, which is likely to be keeping their numbers artificially high. The research estimates that of those foxes rem...

  • New course created by GWCT to empower farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has created a new free online resource to for pioneering advisors, farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity and sustainability at a landscape scale. The Landscape Leaders: Farmer Cluster Training Programme has been created using ...

  • New research shows rise in predators is threatening red-listed birds with extinction

    A survey of ground nesting birds on around 3,000 hectares of moorland in north Northumberland has shown dramatic declines of iconic threatened species 10 years after predation management ceased as part of a controlled experiment spanning two decades. A recently published scientific paper based on...

  • End of Summer Drinks for Conservation

    GWCT’s Sundown Social at Wild by Tart in London on 15 September The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is excited to announce The Sundown Social Drinks, a reprisal of last year's Sons & Daughters Dinner, in a bid to introduce the younger generations to its research and conservatio...

  • The GWCT unveils exciting new ambassador programme

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is thrilled to announce its new ambassadorial programme. The Trust hopes that its five new ambassadors – Hannah Russell, Marina Gibson, Jordan Rigby, Tom Wood and Tristan Phipps – will be able to reach a wider audience and share news and information abou...

  • Lee Oliver and Sue Evans take up new director roles for the GWCT in Wales

    Lee Oliver has been appointed Director of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) in Wales, and former GWCT Cymru Director Sue Evans has taken up the role of Policy Director. Born and brought up on the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales, Lee is a first language Welsh speaker and come...

  • Alice Mead appointed as new Head of the GWCT Allerton Project

    New leadership brings renewed focus on research, education, and future rural landscapes The Allerton Project is proud to announce the appointment of Alice Mead as its new Head. With an extensive background in sustainable agriculture and regenerative practices, Alice brings over a decade of hands-...

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