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Winter feeding saves the lives of game and songbirds. But almost half the grain is wasted on rodents, corvids, squirrels, deer and even a turkey!
Help fund research to find the optimum hopper
Losing 49% of the grain in gamebird feed hoppers to other unwanted species is a bit like sitting down to ...
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Pioneering research breakthrough
For many reasons the country’s national conservation strategy is not working well enough.
Without a focus on solutions that achieve greater breeding success, local declines may become local extinctions.
There is evidence that this is happening right now, and it ma...
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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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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Cymru welcomes the opportunity to respond to this petition. We believe that control of members of the crow family (corvids) is crucially important to the conservation of many wildlife species within Wales, and that the use of Larsen traps is a vital comp...
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This work was made possible with the kind support of The G & K L B Boyes Charitable Trust
Key points
UK populations of several wader species are rapidly declining, most likely due to low breeding success.
Predation of eggs and chicks by generalist predators is thought to be a key driver of l...
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Curlew
The curlew is easily recognisable by its impressive size and long, curved beak. Although it is a similar size to a pheasant, it has very long legs. They make a very distinctive, eerie call. The curlew is globally threatened, especially in the UK, with breeding populations declining rapidly...
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Size of woods
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Depending on a woodland’s size, its use by black grouse may vary. Large woodlands could be used for breeding and small woodlands predominantly for winter feeding and avoiding predators. Planting and restructuring should therefore consider t...
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Predation control is a key component of grouse moor management and plays an important part in the conservation benefits it brings. Although this sometimes causes controversy, the benefits to both red grouse and other species are well recognised. This chapter explains the methods used and the impa...
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Goshawk
The ultimate phantom arboreal predator, nimble and powerful and the largest hawk in Europe.
A lovely “old boy” I know, one of those true country folks, born and bred type who could read tracks and signs and spend hours telling you about the old days when he was a kid running about in the ...
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Help fund science to show the real impact of predator control
An appeal from Professor Nick Sotherton, GWCT Director of Research
You may have seen the recent coverage of the proposed changes to the General Licences, which raised the prospect of a ‘shoo before you shoot’ ruling - requiring you to ...
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