GWCT News Blog

Hen harriers in England have just had another record-breaking year: 60 chicks from 19 nests says Natural England, and the RSPB is reporting a further five nests. The significance of this remarkable achievement is illustrated by the fact that English hen harrier Favourable Conservation Status (FCS) is 61 pairs.

Watch farmer Graham Denny discussing the important conservation work farmers do with Jimmy Doherty on the Channel 4 series Jimmy's Big Bee Rescue.

Suffolk farmer and Working Conservationist Graham Denny has been enlisted by TV presenter (and fellow farmer) Jimmy Doherty for his latest TV campaign, Jimmy's Big Bee Rescue.

Leading auctioneers Holts are helping our the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in a time of need with proceeds of two exciting lots supporting the conservation charity.

When it comes to researching the environmental impacts of game shooting, Britain leads the world. This has largely been achieved by those that shoot funding ecological studies, including the hundreds of scientific papers published by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Those who use the start of the grouse season as another excuse to call for an end to driven shooting have yet to suggest an alternative way of paying for the management of our precious moorland.