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By Matthew Goodall, GWCT Wales Advisor
The Welsh Code of best practice on the use of snares in fox control was created in 2015 to provide guidance to snare users in Wales, with particular emphasis on code-compliant hardware and high consideration for snare placement and associated animal welfare...
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By Ross Macleod, Head of Policy, GWCT Scotland
Grouse Shoot and Muirburn Licensing
Since the publication of the Wildlife and Muirburn Management (Scotland) Bill in March, we’ve been fully engaged in a review of the draft legislation with the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs Committee. This has...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer
A recent article in the Guardian (8th April) about the Bermuda triangle for hen harriers typifies the debate surrounding hen harrier conservation and the nature of this ‘human-wildlife conflict’.
Human-wildlife conflicts occur when wild animal specie...
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By Mike Short, GWCT predator ecologist
White-tailed sea eagles were once widespread in Southern England, but relentless persecution led to their extinction 240 years ago. The last known breeding attempt in this region was in 1780, when a pair nested on the steep chalk cliffs of Culver Down on the...
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By Andrew Gilruth, GWCT Communications Director
Hen harriers in England have just had another record-breaking year: 60 chicks from 19 nests says Natural England, and the RSPB is reporting a further five nests. The significance of this remarkable achievement is illustrated by the fact that English...
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Habitat, food and predator control are key components to gamebird management for any shoot, wild or reared. We call this the three-legged stool approach; shortfalls in one leg or more can result in significant disappointment.
Whilst habitat creation and management are fundamental to an environmen...
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Do you shoot? If so, take our free online test to earn your GWCT Accredited Game Shot certificate and badge.
The test consists of 25 multiple-choice questions and covers topics including:
Lead ammunition
Gamebird releasing
Predation control
Habitat management
Supplementary feeding
Disease and m...
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Do you manage a shoot? If so, take our free online test to earn your GWCT Accredited Shoot Operator certificate.
The test consists of 25 multiple-choice questions and covers topics including:
Lead ammunition
Gamebird releasing
Predation control
Habitat management
Supplementary feeding
Disease a...
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Last month Greenpeace launched a petition calling for a total ban on controlled burning in the UK uplands. In response, GWCT chief executive Teresa Dent CBE wrote the letter below to Greenpeace’s interim UK Executive Director, Pat Venditti Esq. offering to meet to present the scientific evidence....
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Senior Advisor
“Pheasants are useless mothers”; how often I have heard those word, but are they true? This view certainly has a long history, and way back in 1895 the Rev H. A. Macpherson said they are “careless, clumsy mothers” in the fur, feather and fin...
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