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In association with Savills
A survey assessing and comparing the performance of shoots across the UK is now open for submissions from shoots of all sizes.
The 2021/22 season Game and Conservation Benchmarking Survey, from Savills and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), compares a s...
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Bournemouth University students are working alongside conservation experts on an EU-wide project to understand the migration habits of wild salmon and sea trout in the river Frome in Dorset, where the salmon population has been monitored for nearly 50 years.
The prevalence of wild salmon and sea...
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Commenting today on the publication of Grouse Moor Management Review Group - Report to the Scottish Government, Bruce Russell, Director Scotland, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, said:
“We have been anticipating the publication of the independent Werritty Review of Grouse Moor Management ...
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The UK Red List for birds now stands at 70 species, a net increase of three from the last update in 2015.
Swift, house martin, greenfinch and Bewick’s swan added to the UK Red List, a growing list of birds that are under threat.
The length of the UK Red List has almost doubled, from 36 to 70 spe...
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1st June 2022, saw the release of the official Scottish Government Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics for the 2021 Season.
35,693 Atlantic salmon and 12,636 sea trout were caught in Scotland in 2021. These are the lowest catches since records began in 1952.
They follow years of sustained dec...
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GWCT calls for urgent policy and practical action to enable reductions in predation pressure on the threatened capercaillie
Capercaillie, the world’s largest grouse, is an iconic species of old pinewoods. In the UK, it is confined to the Scottish Highlands, living in fragments of the once-widespr...
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Two reports made available this week by Scottish Natural Heritage highlight the components required to build a national approach to counting mountain hares across Scotland. The two reports make recommendations on approach, developing volunteer-based surveys outside the main core area of the cent...
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A landmark event coordinated by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), the Moorland Association and Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate has brought together, for the first time, the people and organisations responsible for managing England’s protected uplands to seek a common vision for the ...
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Joint Statement by Afonydd Cymru, The Angling Trust, WildFish Wales (formerly Salmon & Trout Conservation Wales) and The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Wales.
For the last two years Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have co-ordinated the Fish-eating Birds Advisory Group with key s...
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A new set of coins coming into circulation are highlighting the plight of several threatened species that are the focus of research carried out by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Through its advice and science, the GWCT is supporting farmers, land managers and working conservationists...
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