June

GWCT Scotland are excited about the Scottish Game Fair which is being held at Scone Palace between 5th-7th July.

During the last week of May and the first week of June, GWCT staff were active across Scotland assessing tick burdens on red grouse chicks. This was the third year of surveys within a five-year research project that aims to determine the relationship between mountain hare densities and red grouse tick burdens.

The Scottish Game Fair is a highlight of the year for everyone at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), and it’s made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. 

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Scotland’s Fiona Torrance recently took Dougie Vipond from BBC Landward on a grey partridge count around the fields of Balgonie, where conservation efforts have seen numbers of this iconic farmland bird soar in the last 10 years.