COUNTRYSIDE BLOG

Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer, brings us new evidence on heather burning. Policy decisions made on the basis of simple answers...

By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer In August this year GWCT chief executive Teresa Dent wrote a letter to Greenpeace’s Interim...

The age-old question... Q. What's the difference between a stoat and weasel? A. A weasel is weasily wecognised and a stoat is stoatally...

Spotted on the GWCT Blog posts In late May Greenpeace launched a petition calling for a total ban on controlled burning in the UK...

Just as it feels like the summer season is winding down for the cooler months and plants are dying back, one species is just waking up...

Within properly functioning ecosystems, deer play an important role by maintaining open areas, which can enhance the biodiversity and...

Ruby Woollard, GWCT Farmland Ecology Placement Student explains more about how the Owl Box Initiative helps us to understand more about...

The GWCT has found it necessary to respond to premature conclusions drawn by a Scottish newspaper and a Scottish government minister...

In an article written by Dr Eckhard Gottschalk, University of Göttingen and Dr Francis Buner, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust...

This month GWCT's Megan Lock takes a look at the Long Eared Owl. Said to be our most nocturnal owl, the long-eared owl is seldomly seen...

GWCT's Megan Lock discusses blackthorn, her Species of the Month. Blackthorn is a thorny shrub that can cause nasty wounds if left...

What the Science Says has checked out another claim that comes from a number of news articles and websites that are claiming - There are...

Spotted on the GWCT blogs: Natural England have reported another increase in the number of breeding hen harriers in England, with 31...

GWCT's Megan Lock spots the ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita), perhaps one of the UK’s most beautiful tiny insects, barely 10mm in length...

Jess Brooks, Advisory to the GWCT lets us into the secrets of the parasitic Toothwort. Looking like a stack of vertebrae protruding up...