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By Ross Macleod, Head of Policy, GWCT Scotland
Grouse Shoot and Muirburn Licensing
Since the publication of the Wildlife and Muirburn Management (Scotland) Bill in March, we’ve been fully engaged in a review of the draft legislation with the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs Committee. This has...
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Written by Fiona Torrance, Farmland Biodiversity Advisor for GWCT Scotland
A few weeks ago, 13 hardy souls defrosted their vehicles and headed to Gilston Farm for the latest PepsiCo FAB (Farming Arable Biodiversity) project farm walk. Gilston is one of six farms participating in the project and ...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
I have been delighted by the responses to my first monthly musings on hedges. Thank you. In my defence the initial blog was never intended to be all encompassing so I’m “hedging my bets” (pun intended!) and doing a follow up to acknowledge t...
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Written by Corinne Duggins (Biometrics Department) in celebration of her 40 years with the GWCT
From typewriters to desktops, and from chasing partridges to managing databases, my journey at the Game Conservancy Trust has been nothing short of an adventure.
Picture it: I was just 26 years old whe...
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Originally Published in GWCT Gamewise. Eleanor Williams looks at the Big Farmland Bird Count as it celebrates its 10th birthday.
Photo Credit: Helge Sorensen
When the idea was hatched a decade ago, around 500 farmers signed up to the GWCT ’s Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) to record the birds on ...
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It's been a very busy year here at the GWCT. Here are the top 20 news stories of 2019!
Some songbird nests are especially vulnerable to magpie predation - new study suggestsA NEW study has revealed a range of factors that cause a variation in predation by magpies on farmland songbirds.
Proposed ...
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One of the most difficult times of the year is fast approaching for those who rear game birds, with birds going out to wood very soon – if they have not already. Without this time being difficult enough, it harnesses good conditions for parasitic worms to enter pheasants and partridges.
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4 Minute Read
Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Senior Advisor
For most lowland shoots, the cost of pheasant and partridge poults is probably the biggest single outlay in the annual budget, so you want to spend your money wisely. Shopping around is clearly sensible but beware of going on price alone. A...
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10 Minute Read
Jake Fiennes is the director of conservation at the Holkham Estate, which covers 25,000 acres in north Norfolk. The estate includes a nature reserve, which is visited by almost a million people a year, and a farming business that grows potatoes, sugar beet and barley. James Swyer ...
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In lifechanging times like these, the natural world doesn’t stop. There have been lots of chin-stroking think pieces in the newspapers and on television about what impact coronavirus and any restrictions on movement might have for nature. We have seen reports of nature thriving and emissions fall...
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