GWCT News Blog

Recent isolated cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in released pheasants highlights the importance of good biosecurity and vigilance amongst all those involved in game management. 

The National Gamekeepers Organisation recently visited GWCT HQ in Hampshire to talk to our Senior Advisor Mike Swan and Head of Predation Control Studies Mike Short about the use of humane cable restraints. Watch what they had to say here.

We have three brand new shoot raffles available to enter online now. Proceeds from all three draws help support the vital conservation work undertaken by the GWCT team in these difficult times. Tickets are limited for each raffle so make sure you enter today to avoid missing out!

Welsh Government are asking farmers to get involved in their codesign process to feedback on the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals they published in July.  

The GWCT Grampian art competition launched in 2019 and has now been extended across Aberdeenshire.  

We’re pleased to announce that our 2022 Grand Grouse Draw is now open. Don’t miss your chance to win an unbelievable prize – a day’s driven grouse shooting for 8 guns at the Burncastle Estate in the stunning Lammermuir hills, plus a night’s accommodation for 16 guests.

One of the key pieces of research the GWCT team are currently working on is trying to prove exactly what is driving the decline in ground-nesting bird populations.

We have two important courses taking place in September and October at the GWCT Allerton Project in Leicestershire. Both courses have very limited places available.

GWCT Chief Executive Teresa Dent was invited to give the organisation’s verdict on the government’s progress with its Environmental Land Management Scheme to the EFRA Select Committee in the Palace of Westminster.

On my first week as a placement student with the lowland game department we have got straight into the fieldwork for the gamebird releasing and fox project.