Following the success of BASC’s Countryside Classrooms for children, we are launching Countryside Workshops for older members.
These workshops will be live, interactive sessions and will include advice, information and handy tips from our BASC experts.
From setting up a release pen to understanding firearm proof marks, this new series aims to cover a variety of shooting related topics.
Tune into BASC’s Facebook page every Monday to take part.
Archived videos
Below is a selection of BASC’s Countryside Workshops.
How to get your dream job - the application process.
Enjoying the countryside
Firearms Q&A
More workshops
- Invasive Species Week
- Volunteers
- BBQ
- Moors, myths and misconceptions.
- Rewilding: a fad or the future
- Firearms Q&A
- Welsh Manifesto for Sustainable Shooting Sports
- Scottish Manifesto for Sustainable Shooting
- Roe buck season
- The trouble with TICKS...
- Cover crops
- Green Shoot Mapping tool - UPDATED
- Antique firearms and changes to the law.
- The £1M Scottish Country Sports Tourism Restart Fund – Q&A
- BASC Bird Boxes
- Wildfowling
- Shooting at night
- Firearms consultation - how you can help!
- Taste of Game’s Matt Gisby cooks game canapes and nibbles for the festive season.
- Wild boar in the UK - what you need to know - with James Sutcliffe
- Unravelling the story of grouse shoot licensing in Scotland with Ross Ewing
- Join Taste of Game’s Matt Gisby for a Great British Game Week cook along.
- Glynn Evans explains the recently released 2021 general licences for England.
- Politics and BASC's engagement with MPs.
- Why we manage deer with BASC deer officer Audrey Watson.
- Airguns and the law with Bill Harriman.
- COVID-19 guidance update.
- How to get into deer stalking with BASC deer officer, Audrey Watson.
- Find out more about BASC's 'Simply Glorious' campaign and our press team.
- The British Uplands.
- BASC and politics with Christopher Graffius.
- Travelling with your shotgun presented by Bill Harriman.
- Mapping your shooting, recording your bag and wildlife with BASC's Green Shoots Mapping.
- Knives and the law with Bill Harriman.
- COVID-19 guidance for Guns on shoots
- General licences explained with Alex Farrell
- COVID-19 guidance for beaters and pickers up on shoots
- The secret life of the grey partridge with Dr Conor O'Gorman
- An introduction to trapping and the law with Glynn Evans
- Presenting driven pheasant over the guns for best results with Steve Bloomfield
- Setting up pheasant release pens for best results with Steve Bloomfield
- Have pen ready before birds arrive (check for predators inside before closing)
- Sunny and out of the wind
- Take delivery of birds early in the morning
- Check access for ease of delivery
- Same feed as game farm for first few days
- Same feeders if possible
- Plenty of drinkers and fresh clean water (keep water clean)
- Cover – low medium and roosting
- Sunny areas towards the middle of the pen
- Narrow winding tracks that bring the birds back to the middle
- Plenty of shelters
- Use of deterrents – not too early, move around inside and out
- Clock radios – set for daybreak on talk station
- Test electric fence daily
- Seek VET advice – don’t guess!
- Visit pen regularly each day – morning and evening
- Know the law and don’t break it!
