BASC is advising members that an avian influenza prevention zone has today been declared for England, Wales and Scotland. The zone covers the whole of England, Wales and Scotland and will remain in place for 30 days. The zone requires the immediate and compulsory housing of domestic chickens, hens, turkeys Read more…
BASC is advising members that the risk of avian influenza entering UK game premises and poultry farms remains at a “low, but heightened” level.
Members of BASC’s dedicated wildfowling team have visited a record 60 affiliated clubs across the country in the last 12 months.
BASC has told government it does not want to see further restrictions placed on wildfowling and called for lessons to be learned from the past.
BASC explained the workings of their new online bag return system to members of Ely Wildfowlers Association at their AGM.
BASC-affiliated wildfowling clubs can book a visit from members of the association’s wildfowling team.
BASC is calling on all shooters to email the Welsh Government by 7th March in support of the existing voluntary ban on shooting Greenland white-fronted geese.
Opportunities for BASC members to try wildfowling are detailed in an updated Wildfowling Permit Scheme booklet produced by BASC.
A successful wildfowling agreement has been negotiated on the Humber Estuary for the Alkborough Wildfowlers and Conservationists’ club, working with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
