Blogs

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. 

As part of Defra’s efforts to protect hedgerows in England, they launched a consultation in June to gather your views and suggestions. The consultation will close on 20 September, so there is still time for you to have your say and help shape the future of hedgerow policy. 

We'd like to invite you to become a GWCT Premium Member at a special rate to guarantee you're insured for the new season.

The 2023 curlew breeding season has now drawn to a close, and after many years of low productivity in the New Forest, its adult population of curlews – which is likely ageing – has finally produced a reasonable number of fledglings.

Any policy maker with an eye to the past understands that the more gaps we have in our knowledge, the higher the risk is of unintended consequences if we rush to make policy decisions. That is why a number of our leading scientists with years of conducting key research into these ecosystems on our uplands are advising caution regarding the seemingly appealing solution of banning prescribed burning as a management tool for moorland owners. It might quite literally backfire!

At its heart, FRAMEwork is about sharing ideas, inspiring new approaches, and collaborating to make farmland biodiversity conservation possible on the ground. This occurred in March when the GWCT team hosted the projects’ annual meeting.

After a short hiatus due to covid, the Shooting Times’ Woodcock Club is back on 14 September.