GWCT News Blog

For any fire to start and spread it needs fuel, oxygen and an ignition source.  But when it comes to wildfires at a landscape scale there are additional factors such as the fire environment (weather, topography and fuel) and the fire regime (landform, climate and vegetation).

The GWCT Advisory Services in Scotland offer Muirburn Planning Services to assist estates in obtaining the right muirburn licences. We have developed spatial datasets over several years through collaboration with estates. These datasets operate at a much finer scale than NatureScot’s Peatland Map and take into account other environmental factors important for planning muirburn.

On International Women’s Day 2025, we celebrate the women shaping conservation science and bringing their dedication and passion to the GWCT.

Gamekeepers, estate managers, land agents and shooting organisations from across the North of England and Scotland gathered for this year’s Upland Game Conference in Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, to hear from a wide range of speakers including scientists specialising in upland research, policy experts and advisors on moorland management techniques.

It is well known that grey partridges have ‘decided’ that a monogamous relationship suits them best; but could they be even one of those unusual birds where partners are faithful to each other?

Following a successful 2024-25 shooting season at Gwysaney Sporting Club Ltd the owner James Davies-Cooke has presented GWCT Cymru with an astounding donation of £10k raised at the Gwysaney Young Shots Day and the collection of sweepstakes throughout the season.

The GWCT’s annual Game Conference is promising to deliver an excellent line-up of speakers and a day packed with insightful and informative talks. This year’s event will take place on Tuesday 18 March at the charity’s headquarters at Fordingbridge in the New Forest.

The great snipe is a bird steeped in both history and mystery, captivating hunters and ornithologists alike for centuries.

The suggestion that the solution to the “Nature Crisis” is through further SSSI designation is a flawed concept. Many of the existing SSSI sites are already not meeting their conservation objectives – simply adding more will not help.

Marcus Jansen, Executive Director of Schöffel Country, presented a cheque for £24,226 to Alastair Leake, director of the GWCT’s Allerton Project, at the Trust’s flagship demonstration farm in Loddington, Leicestershire.