BASC South East
BASC offer more countryside activity opportunities in Oxfordshire
There will be plenty of opportunities for people in Oxfordshire to get involved in countryside activities this summer.
There will be plenty of opportunities for people in Oxfordshire to get involved in countryside activities this summer.
Young people in East Sussex will be able to learn more about the countryside at a special activity day being held near Lewes in August.
A BASC gamekeeper member, who is based within the current avian flu surveillance zone, has successfully applied for a specific movement licence from his Local Disease Control Centre (LDCC) which allows him to take delivery of day old chicks.
Plans by BASC to hold a series of gas safety awareness days have been brought forward following a number of incidents recently involving gamekeepers and the use of LPG gas cylinders.
Hampshire youngsters will be able to find out more about the countryside at a special event being held in Portsmouth on 9 August.
TV chef Mike Robinson has been elected to BASC council at the Association’s AGM on Saturday 14 June.
A renowned wildlife artist has produced this year’s Wildlife Habitat Trust stamp artwork ‘Flying pinkfeet at Faxfleet’.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been helping Defra gather vital information on the likely impact of the latest outbreak of avian flu will have on gamekeeping in the 3km and 10km zones.
Water voles, which are almost extinct in many other parts of Britain, have made an astonishing comeback on the Somerset Levels thanks to a major conservation scheme in the region.