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10 Minute Read
Jake Fiennes is the director of conservation at the Holkham Estate, which covers 25,000 acres in north Norfolk. The estate includes a nature reserve, which is visited by almost a million people a year, and a farming business that grows potatoes, sugar beet and barley. James Swyer ...
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Sir, I don’t think eating our way through the squirrel problem was Sir Harry Studholme’s first choice of method (Britons should EAT grey squirrels to keep population down and stop them killing trees, says Forestry Commission boss, December 4). He mentioned pine martens as a possible biological co...
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With the current General Licences set to expire on February 29th, many of you have been in touch asking for advice on what happens next.
Natural England has set out changes to licences for the lethal control of herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls in England. If you wish to control either...
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by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
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There is a little field right next to an old Kentish farmhouse that regales in the name “First Horse Marsh”. In its heyday, it produced enough grazing for one working horse, and being close to the house, it was used to graze the best (ie First) ...
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
The cry “Woodcock” gets everyone on the shoot excited, and no wonder, we are all fascinated by this elusive and enigmatic bird. We may consider it a game bird, but really it is a wader, more closely allied to curlew, lapwing and redshank...
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By Rory Kennedy, Director Scotland
It would be fair to say 2022 was a year of challenge but also a year of notable success for GWCT Scotland.
During the year, we faced an unprecedented tsunami of government policy developments, impacting virtually every area of our work. This requires a huge reso...
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GWCT research has repeatedly demonstrated the importance and benefits of targeted, legal and humane predator control for the conservation and management of game and wildlife. Controlling predation using spring traps, corvid cages and snares/humane cable restraints are vital to achieve effective s...
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We're pleased to announce that we've added more dates to our training course schedule for early 2023.
Courses covering subjects such as predation management, heather burning and lowland game management have all been confirmed. View the full list and book here.
Meanwhile, the programme for our Nor...
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Defra have announced that six general licences have been reissued for the control of wild birds. The licences have been reissued on a temporary basis ahead of new licences coming into force on 1 August 2020.
The current licences GL26, GL28, GL31, GL34, GL35 and GL36 will be reissued from 1 March ...
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The GWCT is aware of concern throughout the game and wildlife management sector relating to the Government’s policy to restrict social gatherings of more than six people in England from the 14th September.
Government have stated that details of exemptions will be published shortly, and we underst...
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