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A study by Graitson and Taymans (2022)1 investigating the relationship between gamebird releasing and reptile numbers in Belgium has recently been published in the Bulletin of the French Herpetological Society.
In summary the article concludes that in the area studied, reptiles were universally ...
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A guest blog by James Barrington
Asking what methods of wildlife management anti-hunting or anti-shooting groups actually support, as opposed to the activities they are keen to condemn, should always be part of any debate surrounding field sports.
The usual response is either a deafening silence...
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It was interesting to hear the question posed to BBC Radio 4’s ‘More or Less’ recently, a programme which aims to clarify numbers that are bandied around in the media to understand what is behind them. We welcome that this issue is being brought to a wider audience but are disappointed that the ...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
In the run up to the commencement of COP15 the role of protection in wildlife conservation has been promoted by a number of eNGOS so we thought it useful to consider whether nature benefits from protection – and therefore whether more is the an...
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Last year, as part of our Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) agreement, we created two new wader scrapes. As the name suggests, these are shallow depressions in the ground in a reasonably wet area so that you create some standing, shallow water but with a wide, muddy edge. If sited sensibly i...
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To start the year off on the right foot, we have put together a list of things you might find interesting or useful to do this month:
Get ready for the Big Farmland Bird Count
Staring on 5 February, the Big Farmland Bird Count is the perfect covid-secure activity for anyone based on a farm. Simp...
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Written by John Szczur, Ecologist at our Allerton Project research and demonstration farm for Gamewise Magazine.
Despite national declines, moths at the Allerton Project are going from strength to strength. John Szczur explains why.
Compared with their colourful companions, moths often escape the...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The GWCT is all about science (indeed our charitable objectives include educating the public as to the outcomes of our science) and we regularly call for policy to be based on sound science. In the first quarter of 2023 the England policy team...
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has shared scientific evidence with Welsh Government and demonstrated why hedgerows should be included in their 10% woodland requirement, but they have not taken this forward.
Research shows that good-sized hedgerows provide equal or better carbo...
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The practice of controlled heather burning1 has come under increasing scrutiny given the focus on achieving Net Zero ambitions through reducing carbon emissions from peatlands. Whilst the effectiveness of limiting controlled burning in pursuit of these objectives is still debated (see for example...
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