March

So, the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill has passed through Scottish Parliament, marking nearly seven years of scrutiny, originating with the implementation of the Werritty Grouse Management Review in 2017.

In early 2020, when our various organisations announced a joint plan to phase out the use of lead in live quarry shooting, no one could possibly have known about the glitches that would get in the way.

If we hoped for some respite from the weight of policy consultations, bills and legislation that confronted us in 2023, the barrage has continued unabated so far this year.

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I have been asked to present on the need to balance conservation with access at a conference on Public Rights of Way. This has instigated me to consider what the network of paths across our landscape means – why do they exist?

Defra have now provided details of the 2024 licensing arrangements for gamebird releasing and management on and near Special Protection Areas (SPAs).

There are few more iconic sights than a curlew in flight, but without intervention it could be something future generations will never get to enjoy. The curlew with its distinctive haunting call, is now one of our most rapidly declining breeding bird species in the UK...

Don't miss this rare chance to win a spectacular day’s fishing for 6 on the flagship 'Ginger Beer' beat along the River Test in Hampshire.

The Last Keeper is a feature-length film that will draw huge attention to this nuanced debate in a way that no film by us, or any of the other Scottish organisations, could achieve.

Former Defra minister and GWCT Chairman Sir Jim Paice set out the theme of the Trust’s annual game management conference, Game 24, in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, by making clear the risks for the shooting community of stalling on self-regulation.