Byron Pace speaks with the only full-time grouse gamekeeper in Northern Ireland, our Irish Grouse Conservation Trust Gamekeeper, Alex Rodgers, about an ambitious project to restore a moorland to its historic, thriving state. Byron finds out from the recent winners of the Gold Purdey Award, how…
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Welcome To The Irish Grouse Conservation Trust
The IGCT is a Registered NI charity funded entirely by the financial assistance of its founding subscribers, working in conjunction with Greenmount Agricultural College, the RSPB and the landowners to implement a plan approved by all participants on the regeneration of this moor, which is also designated a Special Protection Area.
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Prestigious UK Award for County Antrim Conservation Project:
The Irish Grouse Conservation Trust (IGCT) received on the 4th February 2020 The Gold Award from the renown ‘Purdey Award for Game and Conservation’ for it’s work on Irish Red Grouse conservation at…
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Our Game Keeper, Alex Rodgers along with Graeme Campbell (DAERA representative from Greenmount) gave 2 informative presentations in January to The North West Gun Club. Both presentations demostrated how The Glenwherry Project is essential for sustainable shoot management in the modern era.…
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