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Welsh wildfowlers watch out for Greenland white-fronted geese
Wildfowlers are recording vital information on Greenland white-fronted geese at the birds’ main wintering ground on the Dyfi estuary in Mid Wales.
BASC Central
BASC calls for conservation focus on plastic bag charges
BASC has submitted evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on plastic bag charges.
BASC Scotland
BASC calls for conservation focus on Scottish plastic bag charges
BASC has responded to a consultation on draft regulations for a plastic bags charging scheme in Scotland.
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£50,000 loan helps to fund land purchase in Cumbria
The Wildlife Habitat Trust (WHT) has granted a loan of £50,000 to Westmorland Wildfowlers’ Association (W.W.A) towards the purchase of 27 acres of land at Tarneybank Tarn near Killington, Cumbria.
BASC Scotland
Scottish general licences should not be changed until 2015
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is proposing to make changes to the Scottish general licenses that would take effect from 1st January 2014. BASC recommends that no changes be made until 2015 due to the lateness of the consultation and the poorly developed proposals therein. The consultation closes on 18th November and a decision may not be announced until 15th December.
BASC Central
Greenland white-fronted goose census published
The latest census data for the Greenland white-fronted goose has been published, based on counts made by wildfowlers and other birdwatchers at its wintering sites in Ireland and Britain. Birds were found at two sites in Wales.
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BASC sends out thousands of booklets to help combat poaching
Thousands of copies of a booklet designed to raise awareness of poaching and how to deal with it are being sent out by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
BASC South East
Kent Cookery School – Venison Demo & Dine Evening
As part of the BASC Taste of Game Season, BASC were pleased to team up with Kent Cookery School near Ashford, to promote a Venison Demo & Dine evening. Attendees to the event, held at the Cookery School’s modern facility near Ashford, were able to watch while Chef Dan Kennedy Read more…
BASC South East
Game Cookery Master Class at Newlyns Cookery School
As part of the BASC Taste of Game season, we have been pleased to be able to join forces with Newlyns Cookery School in Berkshire to promote their Game Cookery Master classes. Teaching people how to cook game is a great way to ensure that they enjoy eating it, which Read more…
