Blogs

As I write this the first curlew are returning to their breeding grounds in the UK. We welcome around 25% of the world’s breeding population each spring but without urgent intervention, this beautiful bird may soon become nothing more than a memory.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust welcomes the publication of today’s report on insect decline and food security by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.

Stable Events have worked with their commercial sponsor, Waverton investment managers, to offer all GWCT supporters free entry to this year’s Scottish Game Fair

Our Director of Policy and the Allerton Project, Dr Alastair Leake, shares his thoughts on the latest domestic hedgerow regulations.

Throughout our history, a main thread of what GWCT is about has been making sure that the results of our rigorous scientific research get through to land managers of all kinds, so that they can act on them.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has shared scientific evidence with Welsh Government and demonstrated why hedgerows should be included in their 10% woodland requirement, but they have not taken this forward.

I have been delighted by the responses to my first monthly musings on hedges. Thank you. In my defence the initial blog was never intended to be all encompassing so I’m “hedging my bets” (pun intended!) and doing a follow up to acknowledge the excellent comments made.

On a drizzly Saturday in November, four students packed up their fieldwork gear and drove up the winding and picturesque road to Auchnerran, the GWCT Scottish Demonstration Farm.

Don't miss your chance to win a unique experience for you and your friends, with all proceeds supporting our vital conservation work. Be quick though - tickets are very limited.

It’s been a busy start to the new year for the Scottish Lowlands research team. We’ve spent the last few weeks setting up gamebird feeders to carry out research into supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds.