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This important initiative offers a simple means of recording the effect of any conservation schemes currently being initiated by farmers and gamekeepers on their land such as supplementary feeding or growing wild bird seed crops and game cover crops.
It is also a useful way of gaining personal i...
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Once hatched, partridge chicks walk away from their nests following their parents in search of food. They are not fed at the nest like skylark or blackbird chicks. At this stage the parents lead their chicks into brood-rearing covers such as cereal fields, waste ground and unimproved pastures th...
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Whitburgh Farms hosted a farm visit organised by the GWCT on Wednesday 8 May for local school Tynewater Primary, Pathhead. The Primary 4s began their tour with a talk from gamekeeper Graham Rankine who described the work Whitburgh Farms do to help grey partridge and how important it is to look af...
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The Scottish Grey Partridge Project recently welcomed Anthony McCluskey from the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust (BCT). He surveyed the farm to see what bee species were buzzing around the project. We were pleased that the wild flower margins which have been put in place for grey partridge had a nu...
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We aim for a thriving countryside rich in game and other wildlife
What do we do?
We use science to promote game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.
We develop scientifically researched game and wildlife management techniques.
We promote our work to conservationi...
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Since the Allerton Project started in 1992, agricultural objectives have shifted toward combining the need for food security with environmental objectives. The project has played a key role in influencing this policy through its own farm business and research activities.
Boosting biodiversity and...
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GWCT Wales was successful in tendering for a new three-year project in North Wales. The project, called the Welsh Farmland Bird Initiative, aims to boost farmland bird numbers on two pastoral farms in North Wales.
The European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales project, funded by the European Agr...
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Who is this service for?Owners or managers of shoots of all sizes, from small to large commercial.
Brief overview
The GWCT’s experienced team of advisors offer bespoke assessments aimed at providing an independent expert report on best practice and biodiversity gain on individual shoots. Our ser...
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In February 2017, Natural Resources Wales began a review into the sustainability and environmental impact of shooting activities on its land, particularly its compliance with the Well-Being and Future Generations Act 2015 and welfare standards for any wildlife involved.
After spending more than 8...
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Research into birds has been carried out by the Trust sinces its inception in the 1930s. This research has helped find the causes of declines of many of Britain's bird species and further work is finding how to halt or reverse these declines. Below you can find out the extensive range of research...
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