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Rural organisations are reminding the shooting community of the importance of following the law and government guidance around Covid resitrctions in Wales.
Following today’s further announcement by First Minister Mark Drakeford, restrictions are expected to remain in place until the next review ...
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PRAISE is being heaped on the 3,000 supporters who have completed the GWCT General Licences Survey – with the responses now in the hands of rural heavyweights Defra (you can download the summary here).
These responses have been collated since September, when the GWCT issued a rallying cry for th...
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A prominent Welsh farmer is laying down the gauntlet to Mark Drakeford and the rest of Welsh government if they are to secure a brighter future for the nation. Gareth Wyn Jones was speaking on the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s YouTube channel in a special broadcast to raise awareness f...
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BY working together over the last two years, game farmers, gamekeepers, their vets and their feed suppliers have reduced antibiotic use in gamebirds by 51%. It’s been a brilliant response to an urgent campaign initiated by the Game Farmers’ Association and supported by all the above organisation...
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The UK Red List for birds now stands at 70 species, a net increase of three from the last update in 2015.
Swift, house martin, greenfinch and Bewick’s swan added to the UK Red List, a growing list of birds that are under threat.
The length of the UK Red List has almost doubled, from 36 to 70 spe...
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Farming schemes could be doing more to help pollinators such as bees and hoverflies, according to a new international study led by researchers at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).
Andrena dorsata (Photo credit: Will George)
The study, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, is the work of 22 ...
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Don’t stop feeding your farmland birds now the shooting season has ended, was the unequivocal message by Sue Evans, GWCT Wales director, talking at at Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, rural economy conference in Llandrindod last month (Feb,19).
“A combination of seed bearing cover cr...
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Dr Mike Swan, Senior Advisor with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), has had his remarkable dedication to conservation and game management recognized with a double award at the recent Great British Shooting Awards 2022.
Mike, who celebrates 40 years with the GWCT this year, was se...
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As Christmas approaches and thoughts begin to turn to gifts for loved ones, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Autumn/Winter gift collection provides inspiration for even the trickiest recipient. The collection celebrates the best of the British countryside and profits help suppor...
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Having postponed the popular GAME 2020 conference due to Covid-19, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is pleased to announce that the conference will now be held online via Zoom on Friday 2 October 2020.
The full programme (which you can download here) includes a series of talks o...
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