Blogs

Politicising climate change is dangerous. There are numerous examples of how forcing complex environmental issues into binary choices doesn’t turn out well. Understanding the science, accepting the complexity, and acting on the best evidence available at the time is the only way out of the considerable challenges we currently face.

I recently read Jeff Knott’s blog on the RSPB website – “There’s something very special about the uplands” – and I couldn’t agree more with the title. But on reading the rest of the blog, I felt obliged to respond. Not to reinforce the ‘contested landscape’ notion but to ask for a bit more tolerance. Just because you might not agree with someone’s viewpoint it doesn’t mean they are wrong, and you are right.

The Missing Salmon Alliance (MSA) invite the public to join them for an evening in conversation with key UK conservationists to talk about the situation facing our UK chalk streams and the species and biodiversity within these environments.

This summer, shopping with the GWCT for your kids is the perfect way to beat the boredom and create memorable moments away from screens.

We are thrilled to announce the eagerly awaited menu for the upcoming Wild & British Dinner, set to take place at Sussex Restaurant in the vibrant heart of Soho, London, on Monday 18th September.

This spring, hundreds of volunteers across the UK donned their headtorches and insect-repellent to take part in our national census of breeding woodcock. Each entrusted with a specially selected woodland site to survey, their count data provide a valuable health-check for the UK’s breeding population.

There’s a row broken out in the Garden of Eden. Apparently, we must cease our assiduous nurturing of our horticultural havens and allow nature to do a Brexit and “take back control”. Yes, you’ve guessed, the Rewilders have your lawns in their sights!

Defra have announced the upcoming rounds of the Small R&D Partnership Projects and Feasibility Studies competitions, which will provide over £14 million in funding to encourage collaboration between farmers, growers, foresters, agri-businesses, and researchers.

British sculptor Hamish Mackie’s fluid approach to sculpting wildlife enables him to capture the very essence of life, making an inanimate object appear as if it might take flight or leap at any point. 

Owen Williams, wildlife artist and GWCT Wales Chair and Trustee, has received a prestigious conservation award for his work relating to woodcock conservation.