Helens GWT Blogs

Spring has Spring

Spring has SprungThroughout the UK we are experiencing dry warmer conditions which is welcomed after a succession of storms in the winter period. I heard the first chiffchaff yesterday, curlews are calling and skylarks are singing on high. Banks of

GWT 30th Anniversary in the Year of the Gamekeeper 2022

2022 – A year of celebration Happy New Year to everyone! It may seem incongruous and even insensitive to highlight 2022 as a year of celebration but my goodness we all need some optimism and tangible positives to look forward to after the past two

December 1st

Helens Blog Winter is definitely here at last, for lowland shoots welcomed, bringing wandering birds in and filling the woods. For others, some trepidation as costs of heating soar and worries over managing rising prices over-ride anything else on

September Thoughts from Keepers Cottage

We are already well into the season for many – deer, grouse and now partridge and we hope you are all coping with continued safety measures and all the myriad of challenges from inside and outside the job! The GWCT Scone Game Fair and the South

Thank you!

We are blessed in the support we receive and not least in the most humbling and sometimes actually heart breaking way – donations from friends and families in memory of loved ones. I would like to pay tribute to all and every person who has lost a

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week The focus of this year’s mental health awareness week through the Mental Health foundation is nature. Something we know a lot about and perhaps don’t always appreciate it’s many benefits, especially when contrasting with

Spring

The clocks went forward and Spring is most definitely here though no doubt with a few surprises in store for us all as yet. Today marked a milestone in some parts of the country in allowing more social contact and sports to resume. We welcome this

Post Valentines Day 15th February

February 15thRoses are RedAs we wait for an announcement after the government discussions today regarding potential lifting of lockdown and a pathway forward to a “new normal”, the shooting profession and allied industries also consider the way