2023

The GWCT is all about science (indeed our charitable objectives include educating the public as to the outcomes of our science) and we regularly call for policy to be based on sound science. In the first quarter of 2023 the England policy team has sought to emphasise that message.

With Breeding Woodcock Survey visits due to start from the 1st May, the GWCT Wetlands placement student, Anna Thompson, reflects on her first ‘recce’ roding count.

After two consecutive years of intensive curlew nest monitoring in the New Forest, it’s now clear that foxes pose the greatest threat to curlew nest survival in our study area. Of the 41 curlew nests monitored with cameras in 2021 and 2022, 25 failed due to predation, and 17 of these were attributed to foxes.

The recent extinction of the curlew in southern Scotland is a warning of the threat to rare species posed by the current trend for woodland creation.

On February 28th, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Upland Research Team hosted the North of England Grouse Seminar at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate. 

Come and join us for our first-ever Wild & British Dinner at Sussex Restaurant in Soho, London on Monday 18th September.

GWCT Scotland are delighted to announce that we will be hosting an evening with the inimitable Sir Johnny Scott at Hopetoun House on Thursday 11th May 2023.

The Raby Estate in County Durham was planting trees and rewetting long before the current trend, providing a haven for a wide range of threatened bird species.

Neville Kingdon looks at our historic Partridge Count Scheme and how the future of the iconic grey partridge rests in the hands of individuals on the ground.