August

Following a number of detections of avian influenza in poultry and wild and captive birds across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset, the UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the region to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of disease occurring.

As a research-led organisation with expertise in gamebird management and biodiversity monitoring, the GWCT has previously reviewed the evidence relating to the relationship between pheasant releasing and reptile numbers alongside our wider work on the potential impacts of gamebird releasing on the environment. 

We are delighted to announce that we have just launched a new scheme that enables you to support the GWCT’s vital conservation work whilst also earning yourself some extra money.

We recently published an updated version of one of our popular 'Green Guides' - Woodlands for Pheasants and Wildlife. Having sold several hundred copies we asked customers for their comments about the book. Here's what they had to say...

As the food producers and the rewilders battle it out over their polarised vision of what our future landscapes should look like, it's good to see the Chairman of Natural England, Tony Juniper, talking sense about how we need to build multifunctional landscapes which deliver different layers of outcomes.

A pioneering trial set up to help rebuild the population of the endangered Hen Harrier in England has reared and released 13 chicks this year.

This year’s art competition is open once again, all school aged pupils across Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perth and Kinross are invited to submit a piece of artwork.

Another year of “stubbornly static”, and in some cases rising, rodenticide residues in barn owls has prompted an uncomfortable question about the use of poison baits: could irresponsible practices by a delinquent minority restrict future pest control options for the responsible majority?

The first week of my placement with the GWCT has been such a brilliant experience. I’ve learned so much already, although I do feel like I’ve been given so much information that I haven’t taken it all in just yet!

We’re once again running our popular three-day course for part-time gamekeepers at the GWCT Allerton Project in Leicestershire from 26 to 28 September.