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With the arrival of fine weather, we are looking forward to welcoming members to the GWCT stand at the Game Fair when it returns to Ragley Hall, Warwickshire 23-25th July (for show details see its website).
Roger Draycott and his advisory staff will be there to answer questions and hear your tho...
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In lifechanging times like these, the natural world doesn’t stop. There have been lots of chin-stroking think pieces in the newspapers and on television about what impact coronavirus and any restrictions on movement might have for nature. We have seen reports of nature thriving and emissions fall...
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Written by Jonathan Reynolds, Head of Predation Control Studies as part of a two-part series. Read part one here.
Part two - How was it done?
We had data from 74 gamekeepers, all of whom favoured lamping as their principal means of fox control. The number of foxes seen on each lamping foray can ...
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Ahead of the forthcoming COP26, the Wildlife Trusts have expressed concern about the delay in the publication of the England Peat Strategy. They feel: “Burning should be banned everywhere and this precious habitat should be rewetted to stop moorland fires raging and to help rare and unusual wildl...
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The recent People’s Trust for Endangered Species/British Hedgehog Preservation Society report on the State of the British Hedgehogs 2022 makes mixed reading. The population and distribution picture for hedgehogs is compiled from a number of different surveys addressing different objectives (e.g...
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By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer England
“Action [to prepare for wildfire] cannot be delayed further. To do so will lock in more damaging impacts and threaten the delivery of other key Government objectives, such as Net Zero.”Climate Change Committee Progress in adapting to climate change...
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The Welsh Government held their biennial Taste Wales event on 25-26 October, designed to promote the food and drink producers in Wales to a wider, even global, audience.
Listening to the Farming Today podcast about it on 26th October showed that environmental sustainability was a key element in ...
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Written by Jonathan Reynolds, Head of Predation Control Studies as part of a two-part series. Read part two here.
Part one - The thought process
This week sees the publication of a very important paper by GWCT scientists, one that has been a long time in the making. First author Tom Porteus worke...
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By Ross Macleod, Head of Policy (Scotland)
So, the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill has passed through Scottish Parliament, marking nearly seven years of scrutiny, originating with the implementation of the Werritty Grouse Management Review in 2017. The starting point, of course, ...
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A new scientific paper in the journal Wildlife Biology came out this week (12 October), led by GWCT Head of Lowland Research Dr Rufus Sage, which delves into the effects of released pheasants and red-legged partridges on wildlife and the environment. It provides a summary review of what is and is...
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