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In recent blogs we have sought to provide some alterative viewpoints on the conservation versus food production conundrum (see Sugar beet and neonics, Landscape recovery, True cost of a meal deal). One of the underlying themes to these commentaries was that reduced management or intervention is ...
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By Dr. Roger Draycott, GWCT Head of Advisory & Education
We are aware of Wild Justice's letter to the Secretary of State about woodcock shooting. The GWCT has undertaken more research into woodcock ecology and conservation than any other organisation in the UK and we will be writing to the S...
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Written by Dr Roger Draycott, Director of Advisory and Gamebird Policy
The RSPB’s position (‘Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak’, 10.02.2022) is not based on scientific evidence and the tone of Jeff Knott’s comments is alarmist. There is already a ban on rele...
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The Upland Research Group of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust would like to invite you to their Northern England Grouse Seminar, which is to be held on February 28th 2023. Following the success of the event in spring 2020, the day will once again be held at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harr...
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Sir,
In his recent letter, Professor Arthur Morris described grouse moors as ‘ecological deserts’. This is frankly untrue. Breeding birds such as lapwing and curlew have thrived on grouse moors as a result of the management undertaken there. Research has also shown mountain hares to be 35 times m...
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The worrying declines we are seeing in freshwater fish should be a wake-up call to those capable of changing policy (Freshwater fish populations in ‘freefall’, 23 February). As part of the Missing Salmon Alliance we are working hard to build an evidence base to show national decisionmakers what c...
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Don’t miss out on booking your place at the GWCT Game 2023 Conference, to be held at the Shropshire Conference Centre in Shrewsbury on the 28th of March.
This year is the first face-to-face game conference since 2019 and presents a fantastic opportunity for game managers to catch up and keep up-t...
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By Prof. Chris Stoate, Allerton Project Head of Research
The climate change talks in Dubai are once again compromised by vested interests countering proposals to secure a sustainable future for our planet and its residents. That is shocking, only because of the existential global ramifications of...
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While we welcome the BBC highlighting the decline of grey partridge in Britain (Short Cuts, Radio 4, 24 March), sadly the reporters have their numbers all wrong. Although numbers have declined by more than 90% since the 1960s, their claim that “today there are only about 100 grey partridges left...
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