GWCT News Blog

Owen Williams, artist & chairman of Ceredigion, looks at whether woodcock are a good indicator species for soil health.

Dave Baines discusses why our grousing was well grounded and looks at the key questions that need to be addressed.

Joe Stanley provides an update from the GWCT's Allerton Project demonstration farm.

Tree planting can make a real difference, but arbitrary tree planting targets neglect to consider what trees, where they should be planted and what impact they would have on wildlife. 

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust are holding an online auction in October in order to raise vital funds for our important conservation work.

Policy makers must broaden their view of upland management.

Head Chef at Brodick Bar and Brasserie on the Isle of Arran, Timur Jay Ünal, has won NFU Mutual’s Inspirational Young Person Award.

A team of eight Scots have raised over £42,000 by completing a tough 24-hour coast to coast challenge in aid of My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

It is important that, in addition to rewarding farmers and estate managers for planting new hedgerows, any policy should support them to look after what we already have and improve and enhance existing hedgerows.

The cost of rural theft in Scotland fell 25% to an estimated £1.7m in 2020 as COVID restrictions, rural policing and beefed up farm security kept criminals out of the countryside, according to figures released by leading rural insurer, NFU Mutual.