October

GWCT is pleased to have helped provide scientific evidence to inform this issue, which shows that any negative impacts from game bird releasing are very localised to the release site, with positive impacts on habitats and other wildlife at both the local and landscape scale.

We take a closer look at three documents that have been published recently that review the ecological effects of pheasant and red-legged partridge releasing.

This year the Biometrics team has three students who are on placement here at the GWCT. Rachel Cook and George Scarisbrick from Bangor University will be working with the GIS team and moving to Wetlands during the fieldwork season in April; Ellie Raynor (from Manchester Metropolitan University) will be assisting with the EU-Interreg PARTRIDGE project for the entire year.

This presentation was delivered by John Gregson, senior manager of agri-food communications at Waitrose during our recent Game 2020 Conference and covers the company's stance on lead shot.

If we are to reverse the ‘relentless’ wildlife declines we are witnessing, we need a fresh approach (UK biodiversity targets missed as funding and species decline, 16 October). Public sector spending on conservation is crucial but will never fulfil its potential without inspiring those who are already making a real change.

Watch this short video from the Fieldsports Channel, featuring an interview with GWCT Communications Director Andrew Gilruth.

A new scientific paper in the journal Wildlife Biology came out this week (12 October), led by GWCT Head of Lowland Research Dr Rufus Sage, which delves into the effects of released pheasants and red-legged partridges on wildlife and the environment.