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GWCT research has repeatedly demonstrated the importance and benefits of targeted, legal and humane predator control for the conservation and management of game and wildlife. Trapping in Scotland, be it for foxes, mustelids or corvids, is regulated by a large number of laws, General Licenses and codes of best practice. Acting in accordance with these various regulations is now more challenging and important than ever.

In readiness for all anticoagulant rodenticide purchases being restricted July onwards to their use inside and around buildings only, the latest UK Rodenticide Stewardship annual report includes for the first time an explanation specific to rodent pest control of what constitutes a ‘building’.

Now is your last chance to join us at The Langham Hotel for an evening hosted by Michel Roux Jr. 

Are you a GWCT member living in Surrey? If so, we have a favour to ask...

As one of the PepsiCo FAB pilot farms, Easter Rhynd is currently working with the project team to demonstrate how productive farming does not need to suffer when measures for biodiversity are introduced. Each of the farms in the project is slightly different, which provides some brilliant assets to learn from.

Although farmer clusters have been going in England since 2012 and have been immensely successful (with over 100 connected to GWCT now established) unfortunately in Scotland we have not seen this same level realised. So why is this, and what can we do to kick-start their uptake in Scotland?

Now that the shooting season is over, many gamekeepers in the uplands are able to dedicate more time again to the condition of their grouse populations. February and March is the ideal time for assessing the infestation with strongyle worms and adjusting the administration of medicated grit accordingly.

We're very excited about our latest draw. The prize is an extremely rare opportunity for a team of eight guns to shoot at the GWCT’s demonstration farm in Leicestershire, where rolling topography provides varied and challenging shooting.

Many parts of the English rolling landscape are criss-crossed by hedgerows, which if one stops and looks provide an interesting perspective on the history of the landscape being observed.