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We employ over 100 staff, including many scientists, and run over 60 research projects - many in collaboration with universities supervising PhD students.
We have an annual income of £6.8 million mostly coming from members, donations, fundraising events, sponsorship and charitable trusts. The re...
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A severe outbreak of the disease Strongylosis in grey partridges in 1931 led Major HG Eley (a cartridge manufacturer employed by ICI) to establish the ICI Game Research Station at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. He gave a research grant to Doug Middleton at the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford, ...
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THIS DRAW IS NOW CLOSED
The winning ticket, drawn on Friday 28 July, was number 45, held by Mr Roy Jarman of Linton.
Win a day for eight guns on five drives on four of the most outstanding traditional Lincolnshire Heath partridge shoots on Monday 9 October 2017, with dinner, bed and breakfast on ...
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is first and foremost a scientific research charity, investigating the problems faced by the UK’s game and other wildlife, and developing practical solutions. Our placement students, from universities across the UK, make a vital contribution to th...
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Whitburgh Farms hosted a farm visit organised by the GWCT on Wednesday 8 May for local school Tynewater Primary, Pathhead. The Primary 4s began their tour with a talk from gamekeeper Graham Rankine who described the work Whitburgh Farms do to help grey partridge and how important it is to look af...
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The Scottish Grey Partridge Project recently welcomed Anthony McCluskey from the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust (BCT). He surveyed the farm to see what bee species were buzzing around the project. We were pleased that the wild flower margins which have been put in place for grey partridge had a nu...
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Each year we host undergraduate placement students on ecology, conservation and IT-related degrees, offering them the opportunity to take part in important game and wildlife conservation research. Both our Scottish Lowlands team and our Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran host students, eve...
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Who is this service for?Owners or managers of shoots of all sizes, from small to large commercial.
Brief overview
The GWCT’s experienced team of advisors offer bespoke assessments aimed at providing an independent expert report on best practice and biodiversity gain on individual shoots. Our ser...
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Research into birds has been carried out by the Trust sinces its inception in the 1930s. This research has helped find the causes of declines of many of Britain's bird species and further work is finding how to halt or reverse these declines. Below you can find out the extensive range of research...
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National Gamebag Census >
Partridge Count Scheme >
Sussex Study >
National Game-Marking Scheme >
Most country estates keep records of the game shot on their land in game books. Many of these reach back into the 19th Century and some even earlier. They provide a unique data set about ...
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