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The Trust has conducted research on farmland wildlife since the late 1960s and this has included ecological studies of individual species, habitats, systems and long-term changes. Unfortunately, post-war agricultural changes have diminished biodiversity on lowland farms, driven by government poli...
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NatureScot has now published detail of its General Licences for 2024.
The operational detail of General Licences for birds 01, 02, 03 and 04/2024 remain the same as those issued from 1 January 2023. It is likely that anyone relying on these licences for bird species management can expect changes ...
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By Andrew Gilruth, GWCT Communications Director
When you or I walk through the countryside we take the sight of wildflowers, often found at the field edges, for granted. It never used to be this way. Before the publication of GWCT trials in the 1980s, wildlife on farms was considered ‘doomed’ by...
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Key points
Tree planting is proposed as a method to combat climate change.
Carbon sequestration is the process of taking carbon from the atmosphere and incorporating it into the tree’s biomass or soil.
Three native species of trees, two birch and one pine, were planted onto heather moorland at ...
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Background
The Bro Cors Caron SMS consists of a group of eight farmers bordering the northern end of the Cors Caron National Nature Reserve. Adopting the GWCT’s ‘Farmer Cluster’ approach, conservation practices will be carried across the eight farms, magnifying the associated benefits across the ...
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There are three main grassland types at Auchnerran – permanent grazing, rough grazing and rush dominated pasture, and rotational grassland.
Permanent grazing
The undulating fields to the west of the farm are permanent grassland. Some of these permanent pastures receive lime, fertiliser and sprays...
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Our study on the Sussex Downs is the longest-running monitoring project in the world that measures the impact of changes in farming on the fauna and flora of arable land. It started in 1968 with an investigation into the causes of the decline in numbers of the grey partridge.
The Sussex Study cel...
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Turtle dove
Since visiting Martin Down NNR on a field trip while I was studying for my degree, I have returned countless times during different seasons over the years to marvel at the rich wildlife that this site holds, and it became my favourite place from my very first visited nearly 20 years a...
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How the GWCT’s research is translated into practical outcomes
What makes the GWCT unique is that all of its work is underpinned by scientific research. We have around 60 research staff publishing 30-40 peer-reviewed papers every year, with over 1,850 papers published since the Trust was formed. B...
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust believes in ‘conservation through wise use’: the incentive of a sustainably harvestable resource be it deer, grouse or trout as a way of producing more wildlife in general. Our research over the last 25 years highlights this approach can work very well.
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