Blogs

The consultation is open until 10 December 2024, providing a platform for you to share your views on the proposed approach.

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Getting peatland and upland heath management right will be vital to ensuring our moorlands’ continued contribution to climate change mitigation and nature recovery.

As someone who has worked to research and conserve wild Atlantic salmon for over 30 years, GWCT Head of Fisheries Dylan Roberts is enraged, that both national and international governments have allowed our rivers to deteriorate into such a sad state.

Starting in 1970, the GWCT’s ongoing Sussex Study is the world’s longest running scientific study on invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem, providing a robust indication of the national picture.

The GWCT condemns the illegal killing of all birds of prey and so the RSPB’s Birdcrime Report, which records 1,344 incidents of the illegal killing of raptors in 15 years, makes for depressing reading. Sadly, the criminal acts of a minority bring gamekeepers into disrepute. By doing so, they cloud the positive conservation work done by game managers across the country – including their work to help raptors.

The project aims to protect the black grouse, a red-listed species of high conservation concern, from the potential negative impacts of climate change. The project focuses on increasing breeding success and expanding the black grouse's current range in the North Pennines into the North York Moors using a conservation translocation technique.

GWCT Patron, His Majesty King Charles III’s new 50p coin adorned with a wild Atlantic salmon has officially become the rarest and most collectible at a time when wild salmon numbers are the lowest on record.

On Wednesday 9th October, Scottish Government signed off the training materials for the new Corvid Trapping and Spring Trapping courses.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with the Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) for this year’s film festival. This collaboration represents an incredible opportunity to celebrate our shared passion for fly fishing, community, and conservation efforts worldwide.