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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
5 minute read
Back in early November I was treated to two fantastic days of hill edge sport in of the Pennines. We had a combination of walked-up, mini drives, and an evening flight. While the few grouse were the highlight for a lowlander like me, wild pheasa...
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A new ‘Wildlife Plot’ agri-environment option, which promises to be one of the best yet for biodiversity, has been developed as part of the GWCT’s PARTRIDGE Project on the Rotherfield Estate in Hampshire. Containing more than 20 species and based on years of research across Europe into the ideal ...
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3 Minute Read
As a conversation organisation, it’s easy focus on our own successes, whether its policy changes, research breakthroughs and backbreaking fieldwork seasons that keep our vital datasets running. What makes us even more excited is when people put that work into practice.
When you twi...
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By John Holland, GWCT Head of Farmland Ecology
4 minute read
This Thursday (20 May) marks the fourth annual World Bee Day. Given that more than 75% of the world’s food crops depend on pollination, it’s remarkable that this has been so long in the making (by contrast, 20 July marks the 56th Inter...
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Alastair Leake, GWCT Head of Policy, explains more about a project to establish a Hedgerow Carbon Code that benefits carbon storage and biodiversity.
With British agriculture committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2040, farmers are beginning to work out how carbon accounts can be calculated ...
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On Tuesday 6 September GWCT Chief Executive Teresa Dent was invited to give the organisation’s verdict on the government’s progress with its Environmental Land Management Scheme to the EFRA Select Committee in the Palace of Westminster.
Alongside witnesses from the NFU, Tenant Farmers Associatio...
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Dear Secretary of State,
Firstly, please can I extend my congratulations to you in your new position as Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I am writing to you with regards to the Wild Justice petition to limit the woodcock shooting season.
The GWCT has led research in...
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Over the course of the PARTRIDGE project, the GWCT has hosted up to three new students each year – always sad to see them leave but equally excited for the next students to arrive. Over the years it has been a pleasure to employ some extremely talented undergraduates from across the UK. Here, sev...
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By Rory Kennedy, Director Scotland
It would be fair to say 2022 was a year of challenge but also a year of notable success for GWCT Scotland.
During the year, we faced an unprecedented tsunami of government policy developments, impacting virtually every area of our work. This requires a huge reso...
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We have recently published Conserving Our Woodcock, a new guide which turns 50 years of GWCT woodcock research into practical guidance on how to provide the varied habitat woodcock require. This blog is taken from the guide, which you can download in full here.
The GWCT advises all those who wi...
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