Blogs

Every year, in the third week of June, a team of GWCT scientists travel to Sussex, to roam a large area of farmland stretching 11 miles across the South Downs. They are collecting data for the Sussex study, a long-running project that is one of the cornerstones of the GWCT’s research. It all began in 1968 and has provided a wealth of important data on the impact of farming methods, policy and conservation techniques.

Eleven partners from the Interreg North Sea Region (NSR) PARTRIDGE project, led by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, met in Germany between June 27 and 29 for their third meeting.

C&R Technologies Ltd are extremely pleased to have been asked again to provide the GWCT stand at the 2017 Game Fair at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire 28-30 July 2017 with FREE Wi-Fi for it’s members and guests.

You only have until 28th July if you want to enter our Lincolnshire Line Up raffle. This is your last chance to win a unique shoot day for 8 guns on four of Lincolnshire Heath's most outstanding traditional  partridge shoots.

The LIFE+ Laser Fence project aims to investigate whether low-powered bird-scaring lasers might be effective at excluding various mammalian pests from designated areas.

On the 20^th and 21^st of June 2017 the GWCT fisheries scientists met with some 25 staff from the 9 other SAMARCH partners in Rennes, France for the first project steering group meeting.

The 29th annual GWCT Scottish Game Fair took place at Scone Palace last weekend and was a great success. Take a look at this selection of photos that were taken at the show and shared on Twitter over the weekend.

Members of the GWCT team from Fordingbridge HQ thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Loddington farm to celebrate 25 years of the outstanding Allerton Project on Wednesday 28^th June.

Harriet Lily, Brand Ambassador for Mackenzie & George & owner of A Girl About Country, talks about the increasing number of women shooting.

The GWCT says the results of the national Hen Harrier survey indicates that balance in moorland conservation and management in the UK is needed more than ever.