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New study reveals huge decline in bird species when grouse management ends

"Well conducted management for grouse shooting can be a source of good for our uplands,” says GWCT Scotland Director

Driven grouse shooting may provide net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population – according to latest GWCT study

New research shows human food waste is fuelling foxes and putting pressure on threatened bird species

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 rem...

Eels tagged in bid to understand their river movements and migration

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 U...

End of Summer Drinks for Conservation

GWCT’s Sundown Social at Wild by Tart in London on 15 September The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is excited to announce The Sundown Social Drinks, a reprisal of last year's Sons & Daughters Dinner, in a bid to introduce the younger generations to its research and conservatio...

New course created by GWCT to empower farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has created a new free online resource to for pioneering advisors, farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity and sustainability at a landscape scale. The Landscape Leaders: Farmer Cluster Training Programme has been created using ...

The Schöffel Countryside Awards in partnership with the GWCT

A new and innovative celebration of the UK’s ‘working conservationists’ 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 B...

Last chance to nominate your conservation heroes for the Schöffel Countryside Awards - in partnership with the GWCT

Country clothing brand Schöffel Country and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) want your nominations for your countryside heroes for their newly launched national awards before the 31 March deadline. The Schöffel Countryside Awards – in partnership with the GWCT – recognises priva...