GWCT News Blog

We understand people are having problems downloading the new General Licences forms from the Gov.uk website. You can download them here.

From midnight on Thursday 25 April 2019 it will be illegal to trap, shoot (or otherwise kill or take) the General Licence species such as crows, magpies and woodpigeons in England. Read our advice. 

Natural England has said it will be replace three of its existing General Licences.

Our current shoot raffle line-up features some truly unbelievable prizes.

Guest blog on behalf of Rob Marrs, Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool and President of the Heather Trust.

Current farming policy may be imperfect but it has not stopped many committed farmers, from showing that abundant wildlife and commercial farming can go together.

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and Holts Auctioneers are working together to offer a solution to what to do with your guns when there’s no one in the house to use them anymore.