Blogs

It’s that time of year again, the waders are returning to Auchnerran, our Scottish demonstration farm.

Luke Scott, Fisheries Research Assistant, at the GWCT Salmon & Trout Research Centre got a nice surprise when checking the video footage from the River Frome counter from the 14^th February 2023.

Over 1200 survey sites across the UK have been allocated to volunteer surveyors, but coverage remains low in south-west Scotland and central Wales. 

60 participants were welcomed by the Ceredigion GWCT Committee to Dovey Valley Shooting Ground on a glorious Sunday morning at the end of February, for a day of shooting clay.

Please join us at Shropshire Conference Centre, Shrewsbury for our annual Game 23 Conference on Tuesday 28th March.

The SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel (SAMARCH) project, set out to deliver new information to improve the protection of our threatened wild salmon and sea trout in estuaries and coastal waters, started in 2017 and now holds its closing conference on the 14^th and 15^th of March 2023 in Southampton.

Don't wait until the last minute to show your appreciation. Explore our collections now and give the gift of love this Mother's Day.

The GWCT supports the return of native species including by reintroduction – after all we have been party to some of them! However, we are of the view that all reintroductions must follow International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Guidelines. 

Steve Moreby’s career with the GWCT has spanned more than 40 years. During this time he has studied the diet of grey partridges and red grouse, and looked at agricultural management and its effects on insects. 

The health of our soil literally and metaphorically underlies the ecosystem on which we all depend. Not least, it is fundamental to farming.