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5 minute read
By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
Over the next month or so I shall be helping to lead a couple of GWCT shoot walks each week. These are wonderful evening outings, with great people who love shooting and the countryside. Our generous hosts will normally have gone to some trouble...
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By Teresa Dent CBE, GWCT Chief Executive
4 minute read
Harry Townshend ran 100 miles all in one go. And he did it in aid of GWCT (his JustGiving fundraising page is here). Even though I saw him do some of it, and kept track of all of it, I find it hard to get my head round what he did.
Harry at t...
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by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
6 minute read
There is a little field right next to an old Kentish farmhouse that regales in the name “First Horse Marsh”. In its heyday, it produced enough grazing for one working horse, and being close to the house, it was used to graze the best (ie First) ...
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3 Minute Read
The GWCT has observed the trophy hunting debate with interest given its connection with conservation motivations. The call for a ban has largely been led by conservation and animal welfare charities who object to trophy hunting from an ethical, moral and animal welfare perspective....
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4 minute read
By Jenny Coomes and Dr. Jen Brewin
This spring, GWCT researchers will be starting a new research project looking into one of the most contentious issues around the release of gamebirds in the UK: the idea that gamebird releasing may support foxes and other generalist predators into...
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By Adam Watts, Scottish Research Assistant
The UK has long been known as a country of animal lovers, with our wildlife and countryside inspiring songs and art for centuries. However, in the UK we are also sadly one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, and a number of our beloved sp...
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Thank you all for your help throughout 2022 in raising the profile of the great outcomes achievable from positive game management and the actions which have come from this research and actions developed by the Trust over the last 91 years.
Political and policy issues keep mounting, with the propo...
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In the 33 years since joining the Trust in 1989, Andrew Hoodless has worked on key GWCT research projects which have gone on to influence policy and best practice. The Upland Predation Experiment in Northumberland, work to quantify the effects of gamebird releasing on woodland wildlife and studie...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The GWCT supports the return of native species including by reintroduction – after all we have been party to some of them! However, we are of the view that all reintroductions must follow International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gu...
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Written by Beth Brown, GWCT PARTRIDGE Project placement student
They chitter and they chatter, they are a busy little bird we call the house sparrow. House sparrows are a species close to many people’s hearts and homes, typically thought of as a garden bird, but can be found in urban and rural ar...
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