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Since launching our woodcock fundraising appeal earlier this month, we have had several members get in touch asking how we work with other organisations to further our understanding of this much-loved bird.
We work closely with BTO, who administer the national ringing scheme. We are extremely gra...
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Written by Chris Heward, Head of Wetlands Research
During prolonged periods of freezing weather, waterfowl and waders are less able to access food resources and, as such, become more reliant on their fat reserves. To remove any additional impact of shooting and/or associated disturbance during t...
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GWCT’s Director of the Game and Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm (GWSDF), Dr Louise de Raad, is delighted to invite you to attend a FREE "Walk & Talk” event at Auchnerran farm (Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire, AB34 5PT) on Wednesday 7th June 2023.
Free Booking. Limited places available. N...
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By Mike Short, Head of Predation Management Research
The 2023 curlew breeding season has now drawn to a close, and after many years of low productivity in the New Forest, its adult population of curlews – which is likely ageing – has finally produced a reasonable number of fledglings.
The GWCT ha...
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Welcome to our Autumn update for 2023. As the leaves change, we’re here to provide you with news of our teams’ summer endeavours, covering the events calendar, policy developments, and the latest advances in our ongoing research projects.
Policy Update
You can read an update from GWCT Scotland's...
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Opening Date: 15th January
The Government, through the Farming Innovation Programme, is set to launch another round of the Large R&D Partnerships competition on 15th January. This initiative aims to allocate a share of £7.8 million to farmers, growers, and foresters in England. The focus is ...
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To mark World Curlew Day we'd like to share ‘Call of the Moors', a poem written by Nigel Algar Orde-Powlett, later 6th Baron Bolton, when he was a teenager. It was published in 1918 and he wrote it after his older brother 2nd Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett was killed in action during World...
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Photo Credit: Helge Sorensen
Neville Kingdon looks at our historic Partridge Count Scheme and how the future of the iconic grey partridge rests in the hands of individuals on the ground
Once one of the most familiar birds of the countryside, grey partridges have declined in the last 30 years. The...
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4 Minute Read
Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
With Defra due to undertake a call for evidence on the future of fox snares, there has never been a better moment to make the distinction between a modern humane cable restraint that meets international standards, and the cheap and nasty...
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4 minute read
By Jenny Coomes and Dr. Jen Brewin
This spring, GWCT researchers will be starting a new research project looking into one of the most contentious issues around the release of gamebirds in the UK: the idea that gamebird releasing may support foxes and other generalist predators into...
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