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  • GWCT Scottish Prize Draw 2021

    THIS DRAW IS NOW CLOSED View our other raffles > Thank you to all those who took part. The lucky winners are: Robin Baxter James Burden Angus Colquhoun Veronica Evans-Freke Pieter Fourie Georgina Leslie Andrew Light Allan Macpherson-Fletcher Malcolm Moir Peregrine Moncreiffe Oliver Smith Th...

  • World Gunmakers Evening Raffle

    Congratulations to Philip Walker, the winner of the case of Château Langoa Barton 2012, Saint-Julien in our World Gunmakers Evening GWCT Raffle 2019! A huge thanks to Chris Horne and Guns on Pegs for once again welcoming the GWCT on the night and allowing us to host the annual raffle. In total w...

  • GWCT 40th London Ball Raffle

      Win a a fantastic selection of fine wines and books Don't miss your chance to win this outstanding package of prizes by entering our GWCT 40th London Ball Raffle. Tickets are just £20 each and the draw is on Wednesday 27 November. There are only 100 tickets available so hurry if you want to ent...

  • GWCT Northamptonshire Raffle

    THIS RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED - WINNERS BELOW: Andrew Jack, Tunbridge Wells – 6 guns for a walked up shoot day at Courteenhall Henry Bowring, Cumberland – one gun on a family day at Courteenhall A day’s walked up shooting for up to 6 guns at Courteenhall during the 2020/21 season Join the team at t...

  • GWCT Suffolk Golf Raffle

    THIS RAFFLE HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED A Round of Golf for 4 Players at Woburn Very kindly donated by His Grace The Duke of Bedford A unique opportunity for 4 players* to play one of the land’s most celebrated courses.  Since the Duke’s Course opened in 1976, the club has hosted the British Masters, th...

  • GWCT Scotland Northern Auction 2021

    Unfortunately our regular Highland and Grampian events that take place at The Storehouse and Lochter Activity Centre respectively are not going ahead again this year for obvious reasons. We had hoped that restrictions would have eased in time to hold some form of gathering but it’s not to be. How...

  • Waders

    The abundance of breeding waders found at Auchnerran provide a rare opportunity to study these species. We have large breeding populations of many species, including lapwing, curlew, oystercatcher, woodcock and snipe. Curlew The plight of the curlew, for example, has been much publicised of late...

  • Bare ground on farmland provides nesting habitat for ground-nesting solitary bees

    Key points Numbers of solitary bees in the UK have declined over the past ten years. Some solitary bees nest in the ground and are important pollinators for crops like apples and pears. In 2019, this study tested whether plots of bare ground on farmland would be used by ground-nesting solitary b...

  • Key controversies

    Q: What are the key controversies surrounding snares?A: Criticisms of snares focus on: The degree of suffering caused to individual animals through injury or death The accidental capture of pets The frequency of accidental captures of non-target wildlife species Q: Does anyone have a reliable m...

  • Release pens

    Pens are used for releasing both pheasants and partridges. Crucially they provide safety, especially from ground predators, while the birds acclimatise to life in the wild. Partridge releasing differs from pheasant releasing so GWCT information for partridges can be found here. Of the two species...

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