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  • Farmers & Landowners

    What you receive when you join ✓ Access to dozens of informative wildlife and land management courses as well as important educational material and legislation updates. ✓ The chance to visit our pioneering Allerton Project Farm at Loddington for a guided tour to see how our research can be put i...

  • Who’s who in Scotland

    Scottish HQ & Media Rory KennedyDirector Scotland07759 834111rkennedy@gwct.org.uk Beth DaviesAdministrator0131 2027670bdavies@gwct.org.uk Playfair WalkerPR Consultants0131 445 5570richard@playfairwalker.com Head of Research and Project Director GWSDF Auchnerran Dr Louise de Raad07903 21...

  • July 2014: Farming, flooding and fishing: Can we resolve the conflicts by dredging?

    Following last winter’s extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels and the heated debate that followed between the farming community and conservationists about how best to mitigate future flooding, the Game & Wildlife APPG thought it was time to have a discussion about how best to manage and bal...

  • Effects of lead on human health

    Note: The GWCT, along with most other wildlife organisations, does not have human health experts on its staff. The following advice has been produced by human health experts at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), who are qualified to give advice on the consumption of game shot with lead ammunition. ...

  • Members' Conference 2014

    The GWCT’s strategic policy aims (Teresa Dent) CEO Teresa Dent explains who we are, what we do, and how we use our science to achieve our aim of a thriving countryside, rich in game and other wildlife. View presentation >Download audio (MP3) > England and lowland policy update (Alastair Lea...

  • Help the GWCT come back stronger

    With your help we can come out of the pandemic even stronger By Teresa Dent CBE, GWCT Chief Executive 3 minute read A year on from the start of the pandemic, your support has given us hope and enabled us to keep going – thank you. When the pandemic hit last March, we forecast a drop in income of...

  • Grand Grouse Draw

    Win an unbelievable day's driven grouse shooting for 8 Guns in the Scottish Borders plus accommodation for 16 guests It is with great pleasure that we offer an exhilarating day of driven grouse shooting to the winner of the 2024 GWCT Grand Grouse Draw. We have been very lucky to secure a day's d...

  • Grouse shooting

    Grouse shooting in the UK occurs in two main forms: driven shooting and walked-up, often over dogs. Driven shooting typically requires higher grouse densities, and this needs more effective management. The scale and impact of this management is the issue that provokes much of the debate around gr...

  • The Fox Appeal

    If we want to safeguard the benefits of good habitat and winter food, predation control can have an important role. Thanks to the help of our supporters, we have designed, tested and proven the effectiveness of practical tools such as the mink raft and breakaway fox snare, which are now commonpl...

  • Small mammals in arable farmland

    A St Andrews University student is shedding light on the secret life of small mammals in arable farmland Amanda Wilson is being mentored through her PhD by the GWCT’s Dr Dave Parish and is investigating how small mammals use arable habitat within Tayside. Amanda is a joint student between the Uni...

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