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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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No change to Scottish General Licences in 2023
NatureScot have announced that General Licences in 2023 will remain the same as those issued on 1st January 2022. It is important that everyone reads and understands the relevant licences for the control of pest bird species (GLs 01, 02 & 03/2023...
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Student, Farmland Ecology Unit
Isabel Bamford is one of GWCT’s new Farmland Ecology placement students for 2024-25. Isabel is studying Ecology and Conservation at the University of Lincoln. She has previously completed work experience at the Allerton Project and has also studied freshwater invert...
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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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Principal Scientist – Farmland Ecology & GIS
Julie grew up on a mixed farm in northeast Nebraska, USA, and received her PhD from Glasgow University, joining the GWCT in 1995. She manages the GWCT’s Sussex Study, National Gamebag Census, the Partridge Count Scheme, heads our GIS (Geographical ...
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The 2024 Grand Grouse Draw is now closed - winning ticket number: 565
It is with great pleasure that we offer an exhilarating day of driven grouse shooting to the winner of the 2024 GWCT Grand Grouse Draw.
We have been very lucky to secure a day's driven grouse shooting in the Scottish Borders....
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust's patron is HM The King and its president is the Marquess of Salisbury. The Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the Trust and provides us with a breadth of experience and expertise in the countryside and wildlife conservation.
Chairman
The ...
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The protection of wild game by gamekeepers has by tradition involved the control of those predators that kill gamebirds or rob their nests. While some ecologists up to the late 1970s believed predation losses to be of little or no consequence to prey populations our experimental studies have demo...
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Our study on the Sussex Downs is the longest-running monitoring project in the world that measures the impact of changes in farming on the fauna and flora of arable land. It started in 1968 with an investigation into the causes of the decline in numbers of the grey partridge.
The Sussex Study cel...
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