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Briefings on key issues

Understanding grouse moor management – the key topics

Advice

No change to Scottish General Licences in 2023 NatureScot have announced that General Licences in 2023 will remain the same as those issued on 1st January 2022. It is important that everyone reads and understands the relevant licences for the control of pest bird species (GLs 01, 02 & 03/2023...

Data back to Darwin

Rabbits

Auchnerran is blessed with an abundance of many different types of wildlife, from bumblebees and earthworms, to curlew and red squirrel. However, it is also cursed with an over-abundance of rabbits. When we first took over the management of the farm, a pest-control company estimated the populatio...

Drainage, water quality and flood risk

Grouse moors are often located on blanket bog peatland, which sits across upland hills like a sponge, soaking up rainwater. This water is absorbed, trickles through the peat soils and is slowly released into streams and rivers flowing towards lowland areas. This means that how these blanket bogs ...

Courses and Training Days

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust offers a variety of courses and training days aimed at the managers of the countryside - farmers, gamekeepers and other land management practitioners. Booking a course All courses are run on demand. The list of current planned courses can be viewed on ou...

Mobile app recording

With increasing emphasis on demonstrating good practice and the likely introduction of payment by results across the farming and rural management sector, collating relevant information is becoming very important. Evidence-gathering is now within our grasp through mobile apps. GWCT Scotland first ...

GWCT Scotland Update

Dear Scottish member I have now been in post for five months as the Director for The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust for Scotland, having taken over from Dr Adam Smith, who has moved to be Director (Policy). There is a lot going on, much of which you will be aware, and the aim of this lett...

Curlew Appeal

Will you help us stop curlew retreating? We don’t want the curlew to go the way of many of our much-loved birds, like the corncrake and the nightjar. They shouldn’t be consigned to a few remote places. That is why we are asking you to support this urgent appeal for funds. Donate > It is estima...