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The Salisbury Plain Study

Royston Grey Partridge Recovery Project

Managing for ticks in the presence of deer and hares

Our charitable objects

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust charitable objects are: To promote for the public benefit,  the conservation of game and its associated flora and fauna. To conduct research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of f...

EU Habitat Action Plan 4030: Maintaining and restoring European dry heaths

This EU Habitat Action Plan was published by the European Commission in 2020. It provides guidance to maintain and restore European dry heaths to a favourable conservation status. Dry heaths are wide open landscapes, typically occurring on free-draining soil that has a relatively low nutrient con...

Data back to Darwin

Unleash the Science Fund

By Sir Jim Paice, GWCT Chairman You will have seen the headlines about our climate, about the need to store more carbon, about species in decline. You and I live in a world that is always looking for simple answers. For over 80 years, GWCT research has helped to inform the way this land is manag...

Species

Birds Grey partridge > Common pheasant > Red grouse > Black Grouse > Birds of prey > Lapwing and other waders > Woodcock > Songbirds > Fish Salmon > Trout > Grayling > Pike > Mammals Brown hare > Mountain hare > Water vole > Deer > American mink &g...

QuESSA

Nature can provide a multitude of hidden benefits to humans such as control of crop pests by their natural enemies, crop pollination and prevention of soil erosion that keeps rivers clean. These are known as ecosystem services and are worth billions of euros every year in each European country. T...

GWCT Uplands Newsletter

The GWCT Uplands Team publish a regular newsletter which provides an update on their fascinating research. You can download the most recent edition here and sign up to receive it by email: