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Gamekeeping & Conservation

A record year for hen harriers thanks to gamekeepers!

A hen harrier

Grouse moor management

Tim Weston

Gamekeepers are the real heroes when it comes to the recent breeding success story of the hen harrier, but you won’t hear that from the likes of the RSPB.

A cover crop

Cover cropping & New Environmental Land Management Schemes

Ben Dolbear

Merlin (Falco columbarius) North Yorkshire,England,September,2015

Uni students learn about conservation from moorland gamekeepers

Emily Damment

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Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird Flu prevention zone declared across Great Britain

Emily Damment

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A group of shooters and beaters walking away from the camera on a game shooting day

Jeremy Clarkson stands up for game shooting in The Times

Emily Damment

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A group of game shooters walking away from the camera

Wild Justice: a timeline of attacks on shooting

Emily Damment

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A male merlin in flight

Raptors and grouse moor management: the real story

James Swyer

A graph showing the numbers of successful hen harrier nests, chicks fledged and breeding attempts

Best year for hen harrier breeding since 60s, 79% of nests on grouse moors

Emily Damment

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Three barn owl chicks in a nest in a barn

Gamekeepers celebrate fledging of three barn owls

Emily Damment

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Heather is bloom over the North York Moors National Park photographed at dawn and in summer near the

New paper on sustainability of driven grouse shooting

Emily Damment

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Forestry thinned out for regeneration

Gamekeeping diary: the challenges of 2021

Paul Howard

The game meat market: challenges for the 2021/22 season

Liam Stokes

Cover crop grown by a gamekeeper; cover benefits game birds but also smaller, threatened farm and garden birds

Supporting evidence-based conservation at GWCT Annual Ball 2021

Emily Damment

Young pheasants feeding from a blue plastic drum style pheasant feeder

Rising costs: how to provide the right diet for your gamebirds

Richard Leach

A Eurasian Lynx photographed from the neck up

Predator rewilding: the impact on the British countryside & wildlife

Tim Weston

grouse shooting

Bouncing back: shooting in a post-pandemic world

James Swyer

man shooting rifle

The L Word: rifle shooters embrace move away from lead ammo

Tim Weston

a hedge, field margin and wild flower field with a man sowing seeds

The best cover crops for DIY shoots

Marc Bull

The effort required to keep foxes in check year-round is intense

A guide to pest control: for DIY pheasant/partridge shoots

Rebecca Green

conservation

10 ways to boost conservation on your shoot

Rebecca Green

ssh keeper experts pheasant drinker

Nipple drinkers - worth the cost for small shoots?

Ben Palfreyman

Mike uses a mix of cover crops, including Bright Seeds' Utopia - this one is mustard

Behind the scenes at a wild bird shoot

Emily Damment

FeedCon

FeedCon remotely controlled feeders - Nordic Gamekeeper

Rebecca Green

Pheasants like woodland areas where there are also light, open areas

How to hold your gamebirds

Emily Damment

Very young birds will often be fed fishmeal to replace the protein and nutrients that would be provi

What to feed young gamebirds and why

Emily Damment

Most shoots will prefer to buy in day old chicks, like these ones, or even poults; the cost may be h

GAMEBIRD REARING part 1 - everything you need to know about eggs and...

Emily Damment

The whole crew and the final bag...

Wiltshire College Beaters’ Day... Bright Young Things!

Emily Damment

gamebird vet web

The importance of having a gamebird vet

Emily Damment

Staying within the law whilst collecting firewood

Emily Damment

Controlling a population isn't just about simple maths

Fieldcraft skills - choosing what to shoot