GWCT News Blog

Deer can have big negative impacts on, but even if used short-term, deer fences pose a significant threat to capercaillie

The government have confirmed that farmers who initiated their Countryside Stewardship 2024 applications by the September 15th deadline will receive an extension.

Taking in the main sale, after sales and the Sealed Bid sale, close to £2.1m was raised. This included some lots sold on behalf of donors to the GWCT via The Holts ‘Charitable & Legacy Lots’ Programme.

We're excited to announce that we are now a stockist of ShuttleSocks!

In this guide, we'll walk you through the key details and steps to prepare for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), a program designed to support your farm business while promoting sustainable practices.

In the two years since my PhD started in September 2021, I have used many of the tools available to the modern ecologist as I attempt to peel back the curtain on red fox population dynamics in central southern England, and the associated consequences for their threatened prey species. Understanding which major food resources support the large numbers of foxes found throughout the region is one of the main focuses of my project, and so far analysis of stomach contents has allowed us to quantify red fox diets in the New Forest. Nevertheless, I am once again raiding the ecologist’s toolbox to try to investigate fox diets across the whole region, this time reaching for stable isotope analysis…

We're pleased to announce that the 2023 GWCT Welsh Game Fair was a great success.

Join us on 17-18 October to explore the best options for restoring the biodiversity of arable habitats in Wales.

This week, several GWCT research staff are out in the Sussex countryside undertaking autumn partridge counts. The PCS is a free and voluntary scheme run by the GWCT since 1933 to collect information on the annual abundance and breeding success of grey partridges.