Helens GWT Blogs

June 2025

June The term Flaming June gained new connotations after the news of major wildfires in Scotland as well as further South. The gamekeeping community turned out in force to apply their expertise, equipment and time, risking life and limb once

May 2025

May Beginning and ending with events joining in Clay Pigeon Shoots from the North of England to the North of Scotland, East Anglia and the Shooting Show in between. Now known as the National rather than Northern – there seems to be a flurry of

Happy Easter and April Showers

April Showers April has been a busy month for the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust so far with our AGM on 3rd April down at the GWCT Loddington Visitors Centre and followed by a fantastic fundraiser in East Anglia at Eriswell Lodge and the day after over

March 2025

March seems to be going out like a lamb this year, welcome for those busy protecting ground nesting birds and for the lambing too. Vigilance seems to be the watchword of the moment, keeping a close eye on the wild bird population for signs of bird

January 2025

January is the last few weeks of the lowground season and in some cases the beginning of the salmon season on some Scottish rivers. Because there are often multiple days including farmers/keepers days to fit in for shoot days, it just seems to fly

December

There are some wonderful sunrises and sunsets at this time of year; always the most inspiring start to the day. Shoot days and stalking goes on whilst the grouse season and salmon fishing has completed for 2024. The Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust like

November

Remembrance Day November is a month when the shooting season is usually in full flow but for the grouse season and salmon rivers it is almost over and for the stalkers in full flow again after the end of the traditional stag season.It is a time when

September Equinox

Today is the Autumn Equinox when our attention turns to the shooting seasons, to cooler temperatures, and the culmination of harvest for farmers, whilst the beginning of harvest for lowground shoots. September is a favourite month for many in the