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The origins of Game Conservancy USA in 1985 arose from conversations between members of the Game Conservancy Trust (GCT, UK) and B.Z. Lee, founding president of the organization initially called “American Friends of the Game Conservancy” (AFGC). Mr. Lee met with then GCT Vice-Chairman The Earl P...
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Cliciwch yma i weld y dudalen yn Gymraeg
Each year the GWCT hosts undergraduate students on ecology, conservation and data science-related degrees, offering them an exciting opportunity to spend their sandwich placement year taking part in important game and wildlife conservation research.
This S...
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Introduction
Why use rafts?
Building a GWCT Mink Raft
Cutting a block of Oasis to fit a tracking basket
Traps suitable for use with rafts
Deployment and maintenance
Identifying mink tracks
Dispatching a live-caught mink
Record keeping and res...
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Belinda Bown (Farmland Ecology)
This placement year has been invaluable and provided me with a wide range of experiences. In the lab I have done everything from insect identification to maintaining an aphid colony. Whilst in the field I have watched foraging swallows, collected thousands of insec...
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Now is the time for us to show our support for woodcock
By Dr Andrew Hoodless, GWCT Director of Research
Camouflaged, small and active at dawn and dusk, it’s no wonder that woodcock remained a mystery for so long. Throughout the past 20 years, members like you have made it possible for us to shi...
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What is the Partridge Count Scheme?
The PCS is a free and voluntary scheme run by the GWCT since 1933 to collect information on the annual abundance and breeding success of grey partridges.
In 1998 the GWCT was nominated Lead Partner for the Grey Partridge Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) by the UK...
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ENTER THE 2022 JULIAN GARDNER PHOTO COMPETITION
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Julian Gardner Awards. Steve Clayton scooped first prize in the adult category for his spectacular photograph of a barn owl, while Andreas Schoefer took home the junior award for his shot of a dozin...
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Our study on the Sussex Downs is the longest-running monitoring project in the world that measures the impact of changes in farming on the fauna and flora of arable land. It started in 1968 with an investigation into the causes of the decline in numbers of the grey partridge.
The Sussex Study cel...
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Last month, it was a great pleasure to welcome Lewis Macdonald MSP, the Scottish Parliament’s species champion for curlew, to the Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran. Also joining us on the day was Chris Hockley, Chief Executive at our near neighbours, the Macrobert Trus...
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The Wylye Grayling and Trout Survey (WGTS) has been monitoring grayling and brown trout populations since 1996 at multiple long-term sites on the River Wylye, Wiltshire. It is a collaborative project between Natural Resources Wales, the Piscatorial Society and the GWCT, and supported by the Grayl...
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