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As part of his final studies at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Nico Venables has built a marionette puppet of a Curlew which he believes is the first of this puppetry style.
In this video, Nico discusses his project, highlighting the importance of art in conservation efforts. Throu...
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Here at the Allerton Project we embarked on a large-scale, long-term silvopasture trial in 2016 in partnership with the Woodland Trust. 2000 trees were individually planted and guarded in sinuous curves across a 5ha field of permanent pasture in densities ranging from 100/ha to 1600/ha.
Over the...
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When I became GWCT Chairman two years ago, I spoke about the huge challenges that lay ahead. Few could have predicted the scale of the challenges not just facing us, but society at large.
Despite the issues we all face, the work of the GWCT must go on.
Across the country, there are men and women...
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3 Minute Read
By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The use of snares to control foxes is a contentious issue. Animal lovers when confronted with images such as that below (source: National Anti Snaring Campaign (NASC) will quite rightly feel that it is an unsustainable practice a...
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Photo Credit: Dennis Jacobsen
Rufus Sage explains the increased interest in gamebird releasing from ecologists and highlights new research.
Pheasants and red-legged partridges are species successfully introduced to the UK as wild breeding birds from Asia in around the 12th century and from south...
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1. Over-winter feeding of farmland birds
The study found that during the leanest times of winter, gamekeepers taking part in the survey provided more than 23,426 tonnes of supplementary food for game and farmland birds. Even after the shooting season, the gamekeepers surveyed continued to feed t...
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Phone and video consultancy services
Due to Coronavirus restricting GWCT advisory staff from visiting clients at a critical time of year for planning and undertaking work on farms and shoots, we would like to take this opportunity to let you know about our remote assistance services.
While shoot...
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4 minute read
By Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Seems a simple enough question, but when it comes to public policy it is more difficult. The current focus on climate change centres predominantly around carbon, with biodiversity rendered a supporting role through nature-based solutio...
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This Monday (9 January), the Petitions Committee debated a recent e-petition calling for a ban on the use of snares. Nick Fletcher, who brought the petition, gave a detailed account of how a humane cable restraint, pioneered by the GWCT, differs from a traditional snare.
This point was driven ho...
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Recent high-profile incidents of raptor poisonings have brought the gamekeeping sector’s use of rodenticides under increased scrutiny. Clearly, these incidents damage gamekeeping’s good name for managing and protecting the countryside, and jeopardise the continued use of rodenticides by gamekeep...
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