Blogs

A local artist heard about our image of a stoat predating a curlew nest and wished to paint it whilst recuperating from a major operation.

This week is insect week and on the back of the recent publication of a GWCT scientific paper on invertebrate abundance changes over a 50-year period at the Sussex study site¹, it led me to explore the fascinating world of insects – all over again!

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust was well represented in the King’s Birthday Honours List announced on 15 June.

Elin Thomas (GWCT Cymru Agriculture and Conservation Officer), Lee Oliver (Director for GWCT Cymru) and Sue Evans from GWCT Cymru attended the recent Da Byw Sustainable Livestock Farming Confernece at Coed Coch Farm, Denbighshire.

The Scottish Game Fair is a highlight of the year for everyone at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and it’s made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. 

We have three exciting online auctions ending very shortly so make sure you place your bids before it's too late!

Members and regular readers of our messages about the success of bottom-up approaches to nature conservation will be aware that we call those private land managers, working conservationists.  But in truth we probably should also be emphasising the value of farming conservationists.

Eleanor Williams looks at the Big Farmland Bird Count as it celebrates its 10th birthday.

On 30th May GWCT Newsround reported on a think piece by Hong Jiang a PhD student at York University which asked how we achieve the expansion of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECM) in line with the ambitions of COP15 and the new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF commits to 23 action-orientated targets by 2030.

John Szczur reports on unprecedented rain which has damaged habitats and put harvest in doubt. John Szczur is the ecologist at our Allerton Project farm. He is passionate about wildlife and how to help farmers combat climate change.