2023

Stable Events have worked with their commercial sponsor, Waverton investment managers, to offer all GWCT supporters free entry to this year’s Scottish Game Fair

A few weeks ago, 13 hardy souls defrosted their vehicles and headed to Gilston Farm for the latest PepsiCo FAB (Farming Arable Biodiversity) project farm walk. 

Find out what they got up to...

We have a limited number of 100% grass-fed beef hampers available from Auchnerran, our Scottish Demonstration Farm.

It is very difficult to come to terms with the Environment Minister Gillian Martin MSP’s decision to ban all types of snares in Scotland given the resulting prospects for rural management and biodiversity. Soul-destroying even.

As the leaves change, we’re here to provide you with news of our teams’ summer endeavours, covering the events calendar, policy developments, and the latest advances in our ongoing research projects.

An update on policy from the GWCT Scotland Team. 

Join us in welcoming our new Scottish research students for 2023/24. Learn a little bit more about each of our students and what they hope to achieve with their time at GWCT.

The pressing need to respond to global climate change and biodiversity loss is undoubtedly driving a large part of our Scottish policy work this year, with government consultations, draft legislation, parliamentary evidence sessions and more coming our way.

The RSPB Scotland has nominated the GWCT’s Balgonie Biodiversity Project for the 2023 Nature of Scotland Awards. It is one of four projects shortlisted in the Food and Farming category for its excellent work at the arable demonstration farm near Glenrothes in eastern Scotland.