GWCT News Blog

Our research group at the GWCT is attempting to answer the question “Do sites that release gamebirds have more fox activity than non-release sites?” by collecting and analysing fox scats. 28 February 2022 saw our first day of fieldwork in a programme lasting until next spring.

We are offering a rare opportunity to acquire some shooting just south of Edinburgh.

Manufacturers of the revolutionary Shotgun and Rifle cleaning tools that makes cleaning guns easy. Gone are the days when cleaning your gun takes at least half an hour!

It’s Father’s Day on Sunday 19th June and we have a great range of gift ideas available in the GWCT Shop.

An appraisal of: Harris (2021) A review of the animal welfare, public health, and environmental, ecological and conservation implications of rearing, releasing and shooting non-native gamebirds in Britain. Report to the Labour Animal Welfare Society.

As part of the project group established to increase recording of mountain hare presence right across Scotland, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is dismayed that following the first year of this expanded survey capacity, the National newspaper has hailed this as marking an increase in mountain hare numbers following protection.

Owl pellets are made up of the undigestible parts of their prey, which are usually swallowed whole, and regurgitated six or more hours later as a pellet. Therefore, by dissecting them, this allows you to discover precisely what the owl has been feeding on.

We are delighted to offer these beautiful new game notecards featuring four different designs by acclaimed wildlife artist Rodger McPhail.

Results from The Big Farmland Bird Count 2022 are in; how did Wales fare in the ninth annual Big Farmland Bird Count?