2023

On Monday 27th March Natural Resources Wales (NRW), on behalf of Welsh Government, launched a 12-week public consultation on their proposals to licence gamebird releasing in Wales. They propose to move pheasant and red-legged partridge onto Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which would make it illegal to release these gamebirds except under licence. 

We are delighted to announce a number of upcoming events and hope that you will take the opportunity to attend and catch up with what we’ve been doing recently.

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s GWCT Annual London Ball will be held on Wednesday 1st November at Banqueting House from 7pm. 

The main issues and threats facing Scotland’s four iconic grouse species and the vital role they play in the biodiversity of our woodlands and uplands are the subject of a symposium taking place at Balhousie Castle, Perth, on Friday 5 May 2023 organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and the World Pheasant Association. The event is generously supported by Hampden & Co.

It’s that time of year again, the waders are returning to Auchnerran, our Scottish demonstration farm.

Over 1200 survey sites across the UK have been allocated to volunteer surveyors, but coverage remains low in south-west Scotland and central Wales. 

60 participants were welcomed by the Ceredigion GWCT Committee to Dovey Valley Shooting Ground on a glorious Sunday morning at the end of February, for a day of shooting clay.

Please join us at Shropshire Conference Centre, Shrewsbury for our annual Game 23 Conference on Tuesday 28th March.

Don't wait until the last minute to show your appreciation. Explore our collections now and give the gift of love this Mother's Day.

The GWCT supports the return of native species including by reintroduction – after all we have been party to some of them! However, we are of the view that all reintroductions must follow International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Guidelines.