COUNTRYSIDE BLOG

Aug 24, 2021

GWCT Species of the Month: Ruby Tailed Wasp

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...

Jul 28, 2021

Zealots threatening the magic of the moors

Conservationist IAN COGHILL blasts back at eco-activists led by TV's Chris Packham who are threatening the future of a wonderfully wild...

Jul 28, 2021

Badger predation – it’s not all black and white

Dr. Jen Brewin, Science Writer for the GWCT discusses news from the GWCT Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran who have recently...

Jul 2, 2021

GWCT Species of the Month: Red-Tailed Mason Bee

The majority of our 250 bee species are what we call solitary bees, and these vitally important insects are split into distinct groups...

Jun 23, 2021

MPs get to grips with driven grouse shooting – what happened in the debate

By James Swyer, GWCT Head of Press & Publications “What is not clear is that banning driven grouse shooting would be good for the...

May 18, 2021

GWCT Species of the Month: Toothwort

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

May 14, 2021

BBC report shows that trees aren’t the only answer for moorland carbon capture

Spotted on the GWCT Blog recently: Those watching BBC Breakfast News yesterday would have rightly been excited to see a report on the bog...

Apr 19, 2021

GWCT Species of the Month: Velvet Swimming Crab

The largest and fastest of our swimming crabs, the velvet crab has specially adapted paddle-shaped back legs allowing it to propel...

Apr 16, 2021

The Bird Man of Cors Caron

Spotted on the Working for Wildlife site: the story of how Terry Mills transformed his Ceredigion farm into a habitat haven. "After...