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Species Recovery Assistant, GWCT Uplands
Holly grew up in the Durham Dales and joined the GWCT in 2023 as a Research Assistant working on camera traps and ground-nesting waders, and long-term red and black grouse population monitoring. Prior to joining the GWCT she completed a BSc and MRes at Dur...
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A severe outbreak of the disease Strongylosis in grey partridges in 1931 led Major HG Eley (a cartridge manufacturer employed by ICI) to establish the ICI Game Research Station at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. He gave a research grant to Doug Middleton at the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford, ...
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Following last year’s General Licence fiasco, Defra are now reviewing when people will and won’t be allowed to control pest species in England in 2020.
We are taking action now
We're asking if you will help fund our challenging programme of work to ensure that those in charge listen not only to t...
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If we want to safeguard the benefits of good habitat and winter food, predation control can have an important role. Thanks to the help of our supporters, we have designed, tested and proven the effectiveness of practical tools such as the mink raft and breakaway fox snare, which are now commonpl...
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We offer the following fact sheets that may be useful to those with an interest in managing and conserving grey partridges or taking part in the Partridge Count Scheme:
Conserving the grey partridge guide
Fact sheet 1: Restoring wild grey partridges to your farm
Fact sheet 2: Providing nesting...
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Hundreds of different invertebrate species live within cropped fields, but fortunately, few ever become pests because they are killed by other invertebrates, their natural enemies. However, insecticides are toxic to most arthropods including the natural enemies and insects important as bird food....
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Mistletoe
Poisonous, mythical and parasitical
Another year has passed, and this will be my 41st Species of the Month – how time flies! So, as this is the month of Christmas, I thought I would do something obvious. No, it is not a robin, it is mistletoe.
Mistletoe is a familiar Christmas staple, s...
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We aim for a thriving countryside rich in game and other wildlife
What do we do?
We use science to promote game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.
We develop scientifically researched game and wildlife management techniques.
We promote our work to conservationi...
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Publications Officer
Louise has worked at the GWCT for more than 20 years and is responsible for the editing, design and layout of GWCT’s members magazine Gamewise, as well as many science reports. She has always been interested in wildlife and lives in the New Forest with Austin, who works as a ...
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The public aren’t being told about the vital work being done in the British countryside. You can change that today.
You don’t hear much about the good work done by farmers and land managers. How many people in our towns and cities know about the conservation work being done on farms every single...
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