GWCT News Blog

Our letter sent to The Telegraph in response to "Damaged peatland producing as much carbon as  HGVs"

Ahead of the Westminster Hall debate on Moorland Burning on Wednesday 18 November make sure you visit some useful links which contain important information on burning.

This presentation was delivered by Niels Kanstrup from Aarhus University during our recent Game 2020 Conference and covers the Danish experience of shooting without using lead shot.

Over the next few weeks Defra will be consulting with stakeholders about their plans for licensing gamebird releasing on or near protected sites in 2021. 

We have been asked by the ‘Welsh Partnership of Local Marine Protected Areas’ (funded by Welsh Government) to undertake a study into the ‘Effects of COVID 19 on litterpicking activities on the Welsh Coastline and Rivers’.

It was confirmed on Wednesday 11th November 2020 that an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been declared across England, Scotland and Wales. 

In his recent letter, Professor Arthur Morris described grouse moors as ‘ecological deserts’. This is frankly untrue. Breeding birds such as lapwing and curlew have thrived on grouse moors as a result of the management undertaken there. 

Defra has published the first details of three new general licences for the control of certain bird species effective from 1st January 2021.