Blogs

Adam Vaughan’s recent article Shooting curbs to save endangered woodcock, includes inaccuracies which make it misleading. The woodcock is neither rare nor endangered.

The new 2023 GWCT Supporters Badge is now available to order here for just £6.50. Show your support for the Trust by wearing one with pride. Be quick though, there are only 300 available!

We’re encouraged to read that government believes “boosting food production and strengthening resilience and sustainability come alongside, not instead of, protecting and enhancing our natural environment”.

Recent isolated cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in released pheasants highlights the importance of good biosecurity and vigilance amongst all those involved in game management. 

Jess Brooks joins Rasmus Lauridsen and Luke Scott from the GWCT's fisheries team, catching young salmon and trout in a tributary of the River Frome, an internationally important chalk river. 

The National Gamekeepers Organisation recently visited GWCT HQ in Hampshire to talk to our Senior Advisor Mike Swan and Head of Predation Control Studies Mike Short about the use of humane cable restraints. Watch what they had to say here.

We have three brand new shoot raffles available to enter online now. Proceeds from all three draws help support the vital conservation work undertaken by the GWCT team in these difficult times. Tickets are limited for each raffle so make sure you enter today to avoid missing out!

Welsh Government are asking farmers to get involved in their codesign process to feedback on the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals they published in July.  

The production and application of non-nitrogen fertilisers adds a further 10% to our average farm’s GHG footprint. From this we can see that optimisation and reduction of the use of fertilisers holds the key to reducing the climate impact of arable production.