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A new book by agro-ecologist Professor Chris Stoate tells the remarkable story of the Allerton Project in Leicestershire and its pioneering research into sustainable land management.
For more than 30 years the Allerton Project, established by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), ha...
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A year on from a joint statement about moving away from using lead in shotguns to shoot game, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is keen to know if your habits have changed and whether you had tested the alternatives.
The GWCT has launched a short, anonymous survey at www.gwct.org....
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BY working together over the last two years, game farmers, gamekeepers, their vets and their feed suppliers have reduced antibiotic use in gamebirds by 51%. It’s been a brilliant response to an urgent campaign initiated by the Game Farmers’ Association and supported by all the above organisation...
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Defra has today issued the following release:
Mandatory housing measures will be lifted from 00:01 on Tuesday 18 April
Bird flu risk levels reduced
Scrupulous standards of biosecurity remain essential as the risk of avian influenza continues
Mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive...
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After 44 years with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Director of Research, Advisory and Education, Professor Nick Sotherton, is retiring this week (30 June 2020). Professor Sotherton has been with the Hampshire-based conservation charity since joining to study for his PhD in 1976. He h...
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With the draw limited to just 1,500 tickets, there is a very good chance of winning the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s annual Gun Draw. But tickets are selling fast and only available until 28 November 2022. This year’s winner will receive a pair of Bespoke William Powell Sovereign sho...
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Tickets for the GWCT GRAND GROUSE DRAW, widely considered the ultimate prize in fieldsports, are now available for a limited time.
The winner will experience an exhilarating day in pursuit of driven grouse on the beautiful Burncastle Estate, Scotland. Along with seven friends they will enjoy an ...
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Nestlé UK and Ireland has announced a new partnership with The GWCT Allerton Project, a research farm in Leicestershire with an award-winning blueprint for future rural landscapes.
For more than 30 years, The Allerton Project has been at the cutting edge of research into sustainable farming meth...
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With the future management of Britain’s moorland being debated, experts are gathering to discuss what happens next at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s North of England Grouse Seminar run by the Trust’s Upland Team.
The event, held at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate on Wednesday 4th...
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Government has joined with organisations involved in gamebird management to issue revised guidance on bird flu and the way it can affect the activities of gamebird rearers.
Published today by eight game shooting, research and game conservation bodies, the new guidance is endorsed by Defra, the Sc...
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