
Nick von Westenholz
@nvonwestenholz
CEO of @Gameandwildlife. Living on farm in East Herts.
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18-04-2009 20:29:09
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I showed this farmer in South Yorkshire how to build a perfect Game&WildConTrust #beetlebank today. Why? Because he is seriously passionate about recovering his red-listed #greypartridge. With currently 5 pairs and a covey of 7 in the stubble right next to the bank, I'm sure he will succeed.

Today I had the pleasure of presenting to about 400 ppl Hampshire Ornithological Society members day. I spoke about our #FarmerClusters Martin Down Farmer Supercluster landscape-scale conservation, ongoing species surveying, #farmingwithnature, #speciesrecovery, connectivity&much more alongside other great speakers


In the rush for the UK to secure a US trade deal to mitigate the "Trump tariffs", there's worryingly little comment on whether any such deal is worth the time and effort? Even those Trump himself signed don't appear worth the paper they're written on... washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/…



Pleased to welcome Defra UK ministers Daniel Zeichner & Mary Creagh CBE MP yesterday to offer insights & evidence from our 33 years of farming with nature alongside colleagues from Environmental Farmers Group The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust GWCT Cymru | Wales & our new CEO Nick von Westenholz.


Great feature on ITV last night on efforts to restore black grouse numbers, with the The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust's Holly Appleby and Phil Warren explaining the excellent work they're doing to bring them back to the North York Moors and elsewhere

Take 6 mins to watch this from The Allerton Project, launching The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust's new appeal: 30 years of Science in Action supporting wildlife and restoring nature alongside food production. Successful #NatureRecovery will need to be done alongside farming youtube.com/watch?v=QWfXrJ…

Check out our video on how farmers are a key element in nature recovery, based on >30 years of research here at the Allerton Project. Part of our new Nature Recovery appeal alongside our colleagues at The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. youtu.be/QWfXrJLkKNI


As news of a new trade deal with India is announced, NFU President Tom Bradshaw (Tom Bradshaw) said: “Our initial assessment is that the deal seems to strike a good balance between protecting our most sensitive farming sectors in this negotiation and safeguarding the UK’s high

Off we go again. Ware Cricket Club opening game of the season, kicking off our chase of 183 v Botany Bay This dry spell has occasional upsides...



If you choose to buy a copy of Words From The Hedge on line rather than in a bookshop, then go to the The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust store. Support them, support the book, support nature recovery. If only everything in life was so simple! gwctshop.org.uk/products/words…
