GWCT News Blog

We're hosting our very first Farmer Clusters Conference on 12th October where you will have the chance to hear first-hand accounts of running a Farmer Cluster and the opportunities it provides. A range of farmers, facilitators and advisors will be speaking at the conference, including Heidi Smith.

Like most organisations, we have our own press people but if you would be interested in speaking on air or even filmed in a BBC studio, why not let us know? The next time they ask to speak to someone with your experience, where you are, we can let you know – the choice is then yours.

Guest blog by Richard Negus, a GWCT member who is running the Northumberland Coastal Path Marathon in aid of our curlew appeal.

New wader count training courses that GWCT Scotland is rolling out across the country stem from a working partnership encouraged by Working for Waders, a Moorland Forum initiative. The wader counts help the farmers, keepers and land managers to carry out the monitoring themselves.

Author Brian P. Martin is writing a third edition of his book “The Great Shoots – Britain’s Best Past and Present”, published by Quiller, and would be grateful for a little help.

GWCT staff enjoyed a very successful stint at the annual celebration of all things rural at this year’s BBC Countryfile Live last week (3rd – 6th August).

As Chris Packham climbed up on the Ifor Williams flatbed trailer the sky dramatically darkened. The stage, at the RSPB’s Rainham Marsh reserve in Kent, was set for another fire and brimstone Hen Harrier day ‘address’.

Our letter to The Yorkshire Post in response to Chris Packham's call for grouse shooting to end on Ilkley Moor.

Branded as the festival of the great British countryside, the 59th Game Fair didn’t disappoint. Held in the stunning grounds of Hatfield House for the first time in its history, more than 116,000 people flocked through the gates and enjoyed the three-day show.

Last year, a group of scientists from the RSPB published a “viewpoint” paper highlighting their concerns over the possible environmental impacts of driven grouse shooting. However, in shaping their argument, they neglected to include key pieces of scientific evidence that happen not to support their views.