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Deer management

Deer (roe and red) are a valuable wildlife and sporting asset and should be a long-term component of Scottish moorland. Deer are of concern to moor managers whose primary interest in continued moorland investment is the production of a harvestable surplus of red grouse, an activity associated wit...

Mountain hare

Lepus timidus Mountain hares have a very wide, virtually circumpolar distribution extending throughout the tundra regions of Russia, northern Europe, Greenland and Iceland, with the closely related Arctic hare (Lepus articus) in Canada and Alaska. In the Old World their habitat extends southward ...

Fox snaring guidelines

Contents Download this guide Download PDF » Introduction Why snares are considered important How snares work Legalities Parts of the snare What snares to use Preparing snares for use Where to set snares How to set a snare Checking snares Dispatching foxes Introduction Although snares ...

Camera traps for game management

Camera traps or trail cameras are automatic photographic devices that are triggered by movement. During the last decade they have become more affordable, and nowadays camera trapping is a widespread technique used in game and wildlife management as remote cameras are very versatile. Getting start...

Mountain hare management

Mountain hares are part of the sporting interest on many upland Scottish estates, where they are found at high densities, benefiting from the production of cover, young heather and few predators. There has been a good deal of media activity recently as contemporary moorland management for red gro...

Birds of prey

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust condemns crimes against wildlife, and we are committed to finding effective and practical resolutions to conflicts, such as the one between red grouse and raptors. Our work with the Langholm Moor Demonstration Project, Scotland’s Moorland Forum’s Underst...

Pest control

Fox control

Rail traps in or near red squirrel woods

Spring traps (regulated by the Spring Trap Approval Order (Scotland) 2011 and The Spring Traps Approval (Scotland) Amendment Orders 2018 & 2020) are commonly set to target stoats, weasels and rats for the conservation of ground nesting birds1. A common setting for a spring trap is on a rail (...

The GWCT Mink Raft

The GWCT Mink Raft is a low-technology monitor, which encourages mink to leave evidence of their presence in the form of footprints. The raft uses a standardised mixture of clay and sand to record the tracks over a period of 1-2 weeks.  The tracking medium is problem-free and provides unequivocal...