GWCT News Blog

Natural England has now started issuing decisions in relation to applications for individual bird control licences for those circumstances which are not covered by the General Licences issued by Defra in January.

Footage has emerged of Bradford Council cutting heather on Baildon Moor at a time when nesting is at its peak.

We respond to a recent article written by conservationist Mick Green, which attracted a lot of attention from both journalists and the conservation organisations he accused of ‘not delivering the product they are selling’.

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1 April 2020 heralded ‘all change’ to the practice of tunnel trapping throughout the UK, and the change will likely have most impact where wild game populations are being managed, with its inevitable emphasis on stoat and weasel control. Landowners, managers and keepers must all embrace this change – like it or not.

1 April 2020 heralded ‘all change’ to the practice of tunnel trapping throughout the UK, and the change will likely have most impact where wild game populations are being managed, with an emphasis on stoat and weasel control. Landowners, managers and keepers must all embrace this change – like it or not.