Blogs

The GWCT Grampian art competition launched in 2019 and has now been extended across Aberdeenshire.  

We’re pleased to announce that our 2022 Grand Grouse Draw is now open. Don’t miss your chance to win an unbelievable prize – a day’s driven grouse shooting for 8 guns at the Burncastle Estate in the stunning Lammermuir hills, plus a night’s accommodation for 16 guests.

One of the key pieces of research the GWCT team are currently working on is trying to prove exactly what is driving the decline in ground-nesting bird populations.

We have two important courses taking place in September and October at the GWCT Allerton Project in Leicestershire. Both courses have very limited places available.

GWCT Chief Executive Teresa Dent was invited to give the organisation’s verdict on the government’s progress with its Environmental Land Management Scheme to the EFRA Select Committee in the Palace of Westminster.

On my first week as a placement student with the lowland game department we have got straight into the fieldwork for the gamebird releasing and fox project. 

We're pleased to announce that our 2022 Christmas cards are now available to order from our online shop.

Following a number of detections of avian influenza in poultry and wild and captive birds across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset, the UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the region to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of disease occurring.

As a research-led organisation with expertise in gamebird management and biodiversity monitoring, the GWCT has previously reviewed the evidence relating to the relationship between pheasant releasing and reptile numbers alongside our wider work on the potential impacts of gamebird releasing on the environment. 

Joe Stanley reports on another successful Open Farm Sunday at the Allerton Project.