A Somerset wildfowlers? club has been able to buy land for shooting and conservation projects with the help of a loan from the Wildlife Habitat Trust.
A project to help endangered water voles in the South West of England has been given a boost with a grant of
The Highclere Game and Country Fair was held on Sunday 26th & Monday 27th May, and enjoyed good weather on both days.
This is the first time that BASC has had a presence at what is the largest agricultural show in the region and members of the South East team were kept busy on all three days talking to visitors to the stand. Despite a sudden deluge of rain on Friday which very nearly washed the stand away, the weather was generally good if a bit breezy.
Teen campaigner James Reynolds received a BASC award at the organisation?s AGM for his part in organising a lobby against age-restrictions on the sale of shooting magazines.
Firearm and shotgun certificate holders and applicants should pay a fair price for a fair service, according to the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Martyn Howat (pictured) is re-elected for a second year as the chairman of BASC Council as the results of the annual council elections were announced at the association?s AGM on Saturday 8th June.
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The use of lead shot over all foreshore, specified Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and for the shooting of all ducks and geese, coot, and moorhen, wherever they occur, has been illegal in England since November 1999. The Welsh Assembly imposed restrictions on lead shot, based closely on the English Read more…
