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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
Using the term ‘killing’ rather than ‘management’ would not be my choice when discussing the merits of removing one species to protect another. But I chose it here as it refers to the headings of two recent articles in the Guardian that demonst...
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The GWCT Uplands Team are delighted to deliver an updated version of our medicated grit best practice guidelines.
The guide includes sections on:
the history of disease in grouse
assessing grouse for worms
deployment of medicated grit and grit box hygiene
using medicated grit wisely to offset r...
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In 2018 and again this year, very little grouse shooting took place in Scotland. Gamekeepers and land managers surveyed their local populations using well established counting techniques in advance of the shooting seasons. Other than in a very few locations, they decided that there was an insuffi...
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THIS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED - The winner is Edward Wrangham
Don’t miss your chance to win a unique and rare opportunity for a team of 9 (double guns) to shoot grouse on Stags Fell, near Hawes, Upper Wensleydale.
There are only a few of the 250 tickets still available and the draw closes on Wednesd...
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This case study is taken from our Real Wilders book, which you can download here or you can buy a print copy here.
The Raby Estate in County Durham was planting trees and rewetting long before the current trend, providing a haven for a wide range of threatened bird species
When it comes to demon...
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Written by James Swyer, Press & Publications Manager
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(Photo credit: Laurie Campbell)
Anyone wishing to abandon a land use that has best preserved and protected some of the rarest habitat on earth – open heather moorland – must be clear about what they are proposing to replace g...
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