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Insect hotels offer great habitats over winter and during the nesting season for a wide variety of beetles, bees and butterflies, as well as other types of invertebrates and animals too. Many species that use them are beneficial to our gardens and land – for example, solitary bees which are extr...
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Written by Alex Keeble, Advisor for Central England
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Pheasant release pens should contain a mosaic of evenly distributed habitat providing a stimulating environment for the poults to acclimatise themselves before being released. An ideal pen should include one third of open ground, ...
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UPDATE – We are pleased to report that NRW have responded to Wild Justice saying that NRW considers that the general licenses issued on the 7th October 2019 and reissued on 1st January 2020 are lawful. Therefore, they will not be taking any steps to revoke the general licences.
On 3 February Wild...
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On 3 February, in a House of Lords debate on bird control licences, the discussion turned quickly to game management. Challenging comments from Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, Lord Benyon noted “In the vast majority of areas, there is a net gain for biodiversity by the moderate actions of shoo...
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The GWCT Advisory team are running several essential courses for game and wildlife managers in the first part of 2023.
Our courses are highly practical, with a focus on hands-on learning and real-world application. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field and gai...
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The Scottish Government has announced that it intends to bring forward amendments to the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill to ban the use of snares in Scotland.
We are naturally very disappointed with the announcement to ban all snares, including the AIHTS-approved humane cable restraints (H...
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By Amber Hopgood, Writer and Research Specialist
Following an online hiatus, last week saw the return of the GWCT’s Game Conference for the first time since 2019. A highly anticipated event, delegates travelled to Shrewsbury from all corners of the United Kingdom to learn about the latest develop...
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By Mke Swan, GWCT Head of Education
With all the news about new rules for trapping stoats, and changes to general licences for corvid control, it’s easy to forget that there are other predators out there that we need to address, and now is a good time to be on the case. With most of our game nest...
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Moving into 2023, our ground-nesting birds need your help more than ever.
As you might have read, trail cameras are making a real difference to our understanding of what’s causing nest losses for birds such as curlew, lapwing, and ringed plover. It starts with the right kit. Some members have ema...
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Muirburn, which covers the controlled burning of heather, gorse bushes and grasslands, is a vital conservation and land management tool. As a necessary part of red grouse management, it helps create a structural habitat mosaic that provides food and habitat for grouse and can be beneficial to a r...
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