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A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and Bournemouth University (BU) has found that foxes in the New Forest are consuming large quantities of human food waste, which is likely to be keeping their numbers artificially high. The research estimates that of those foxes removed over the course of a year by wildlife managers, the proportion being sustained by human food waste could be as high as 65%.

A new fundraising initiative by Eat Wild and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – Fiver for the Future - has been hailed a success by raising £3,000 simply by asking guests at shooting schools to donate £5 at the end of their lessons.

The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) – the UK’s annual census of farmland birds - was launched by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson on his Cotswold Farm at the weekend.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) annual census of the UK’s farmland birds is set to begin in February and is supported by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson, known from the BBC’s Countryfile.

Country clothing brand Schöffel Country and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) have come together to launch a new national awards that will recognise private land managers who are improving the health of the British countryside.

Twenty black grouse have successfully been translocated from their stronghold in the North Pennines to the North York Moors by researchers from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) to help expand their range.

Discover how the Big Farmland Bird Count 2025 turns wildlife monitoring into a fun, family-friendly event. Join thousands of farmers and nature lovers nationwide. Find out how to get involved

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) fisheries team have begun a new project to catch and tag eels in the River Frome in Dorset in a first ever bid to better understand the movements of this fish species in our river and waterways and monitor the start of their migration from the UK and across the Atlantic Ocean.

This year’s Christmas card collection designed exclusively for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust features black grouse in a snowy winter landscape painted by guest artist Martin Ridley.

The annual counting and tagging of juvenile wild Atlantic salmon on the River Frome in Dorset have yielded the lowest number of fish in more than 20 years of monitoring, which is hugely concerning for the scientists running the project.