-
We are delighted that the 33rd GWCT Scottish Game Fair, with Headline Sponsor NFU Mutual, the leading rural insurer, returns to stunning Scone Parklands over the weekend of 1-3 July 2022
As always, the fair will feature an impressive line-up of traders, competitions and main ring events plus coun...
-
Key points
Capercaillie are a red-listed species found in old pine forests in Scotland, with populations declining since the 1970s despite efforts to help them.
National surveys are completed every six years, but annual lek and brood counts may be able to produce robust population estimates in t...
-
Skylark
A well-known species in literature, poetry, art and music, the skylark hardly needs an introduction. Best known for its display flight, vertically up in the air.
It is that time of year when the Walled Garden, where Research and Advisory is stationed at GWCT HQ, falls a little quiet, as b...
-
These days farmers face many pressures including producing more food sustainably, and using more natural ways of controlling pests now key insecticides have been banned. Planting wildflower margins can help; they can support pollinators and pest natural enemies, sequest carbon, and brighten up th...
-
Key points
New tracking technologies have given researchers clearer insight into sea trout smolt survival during their outward migration and adult behaviour whilst at sea.
Using acoustic tags and data storage tags, scientists tracked hundreds of sea trout in three rivers and their estuaries that...
-
Primary
Olivia PatersonAberdeenshire
Louis WelshAngus
Lars RattrayPerth and Kinross
Secondary
Jessica DziwonAberdeenshire
Drew Islay DolanAngus
Shelley HowittPerth and Kinross
VIEW ALL THE WINNERS >
We brought the winning artists from the...
-
Woodlark
I have never described myself as a ‘list-ticker-twitcher’. I don’t race out the door with my binos in hand, travelling miles and miles when told that an unexpected species has turned up in the country. I prefer to be out on my own, at work, admiring all the species around me, from the li...
-
THIS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED - THE WINNING TICKET IS 11
Win an exclusive day of driven grouse shooting for 9 Guns across four North Yorkshire moors - Limited Tickets
Don't miss this rare opportunity for nine guns to shoot grouse on the picturesque moors of Commondale, Kildale, Baysdale, and Wester...
-
Win a 300-bird day at Cold Aston Shoot in the Cotswolds - Limited Tickets
Don't miss this fabulous opportunity for eight guns to shoot partridge in the deep glacial valleys of Cold Aston Shoot in the Cotswolds. The prize includes exquisite hospitality: elevenses are served in various locations ...
-
The widespread adoption of agri-environment schemes is seen as the best way to improve farmland biodiversity. Yet if this approach is to be applied efficiently and successfully we first need to know:
Does active management (comparable to the HLS approach with advisory back up) compared to farm m...
Get the Latest News & Advice
Join over 100,000 subscribers and stay updated on our latest advice, research, news and offers.
*You may change your mind any time. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.