Blogs

Louise completes her 170km solo hike.

Louise provides an update from a foggy day 9 of her hike.

Defra’s Higher Tier of Countryside Stewardship program offers multi-year management options and capital items for the most environmentally important sites, including commons and woodlands. In this guide, we'll walk you through the application process and provide updates on the current status of applications.

Lesley Griffiths’ statement on the recent episode of BBC Countryfile that she would revisit the ban on snares in Wales, if curlew numbers continued to decline, leaves a glimmer of hope for the species. However, the fact remains that in refusing to accept the amendment to the Agriculture Bill, which would have permitted the use of HCRs under licence, the Welsh Government has put the survival of the curlew and other ground nesting species in doubt.

The prize in our 2023 Gun Draw is an exquisite Beretta SL3 Premium Shotgun worth £21,350. Watch this short video showcasing the perfect marriage of performance and beautiful deisgn.

GWCT South East Wales Annual Clay Shoot.

Louise provides another update from her eventful hike.

The Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust (GWT) is honouring Lionel’s memory by launching an award along the lines of our annual GWT Young Gamekeeper, but for Young Ghillies. 

A walk around GWSDF Auchnerran would not be complete without resident buzzards and red kites. We are lucky enough to be visited by an incredibly diverse range of raptor species, such as hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks. Recently, we have witnessed a drastic increase in the number of raptors of various species observed utilising the farm, based on data from our raptor monitoring transects (conducted monthly since 2018).