Blogs
30/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Farming
Defra has launched a consultation and we would love to hear your views before we respond.
29/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
As the Scottish Government has declared that muirburn will only be permitted under licence from NatureScot, last year we launched our Muirburn Advisory Service to support estates in developing and monitoring simple, user-friendly muirburn plans.
22/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Nature
Each development stage of a barn owl chick is crucial to increase their chances of successfully fledging, so we take this opportunity to look back at these important stages before the chicks in the Owl Box LIVE nest start to fledge.
22/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Policy
The lessons from America on wildfire suppression are real and urgent. There is a significant policy gap in the assertions made by the IUCN, Climate Change Committee, RSPB and others that managed burning on peatland must be stopped.
19/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Partners
These are the headline questions we are asking in this year’s Game and Conservation Benchmarking Survey. The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has been involved in the survey for many years, assisting Savills with the conservation element of this important survey.
19/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
Mike Swan laments the lack of young people in our sport, and asks “How do we recruit the younger generation?”.
16/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Allerton Project , Farming
The GWCT welcomes the scale and scope of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy – there can be no doubt that our diets, the way in which we produce our food and its impact on the environment are all inextricably linked.
16/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Events
With the arrival of fine weather, we are looking forward to welcoming members to the GWCT stand at the Game Fair when it returns to Ragley Hall, Warwickshire 23-25th July.
14/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog
12/7/2021 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice
This week (12th to 18th July) is Bees Needs Week, so what better time than to think about supporting bees and other pollinators on the shoot?