GWCT Science

@GWCTScience

Developing scientifically researched game and wildlife management techniques, to improve biodiversity across the countryside.

gwct.org.uk Joined August 2022

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GWCT Science @GWCTScience Dec 17, 2025

“Environmental safeguards like so‑called ‘fish discos’ aren’t blockers to growth — they enable it responsibly.” — Tessa Wardley, The Rivers Trust, partner in the Missing Salmon Alliance (alongside GWCT)

🔗 Read the full blog: greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/12/11/are…

greenallianceblog.org.uk Are fish discos really a blocker to growth? It’s time to bust some myths This post is by Tessa Wardley, director for communications and advocacy at The Rivers Trust. Last week we had the frustration of a public launch of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rura…

GWCT Science @GWCTScience Oct 29, 2025

🐞Spotted, round and shiny, ladybirds are arguably one of the few beetles everyone can recognise.

Delve a little deeper however, and the harlequin ladybird has got to be one of the most confusing and contested species found in the UK.

Find out more:
gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/202…

GWCT Science @GWCTScience Oct 15, 2025

🔴Do you recognise this Red-listed farmland species?

🐦Our researchers are investigating disease in Tree Sparrows potentially contributing to their declines. Each bird is gently cheek-swabbed and then released.

This work is carried out by fully licensed bird ringers.

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GWCT Science @GWCTScience Oct 8, 2025

Amid many reports of species declines, it’s refreshing to share some good news:

The redshank population is continuing to thrive in the Avon Valley thanks to the conservation work of the GWCT and local wildlife managers -> gwct.org.uk/news/news/2025…

All birds handled under license.

GWCT Science @GWCTScience Oct 1, 2025

"For me, that hovering silhouette has always been a symbol of the countryside - Familiar yet thrilling... But behind the elegance lies a more fragile story... they are now Amber-listed as a species of conservation concern."

Read about our Kestrels work:
gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/202…