2021

Dr. Jen Brewin examines the experience of some conservation projects, farm managers and gamekeepers when it comes to badgers adding more pressure for some other species.

Gathering data on farms and shoots to demonstrate the influence of practical habitat and wildlife management on the status of our precious flora and fauna has never been more important. Join us via Zoom on Monday afternoon for a free seminar.

After the Nant Gwtheyrn feral goat project was featured on Countryfile, some may ask why are GWCT doing a project on goats. Is this part of GWCT’s charitable objectives? How does it fit in with the rest of our work?

Having mounted 50 project nest boxes during February and into March, our team then started the first round of nest box checks at the beginning of May.

On 12th May 2021 Defra published their licence to release gamebirds on European sites and within 500m of their boundary (GL43). Natural England would like to remind you that they are offering an online Advice Service to help shoot managers and gamekeepers decide whether they can operate under the conditions of the general licence or will require an individual licence for the release of gamebirds.

Check out the latest from the GWCT Shoots.

Dave Baines shares his views on the nutritional challenges facing red grouse amidst the
destruction of its food plant by heather beetle and the ever-present strongyle worm.

Despite the drive for rewilding in the UK, farmers still feel pressured to keep their hedges and fields neat and tidy. 

GWCT Head of Education Mike Swan urges caution when it comes to overusing the strimmer, which can easily result in exposing the carefully hidden nest of a pheasant, partridge or duck.

Phil Warren reports on the plight of grey partridges in the English uplands and believes immediate action is needed to reverse their decline.