BASC members are invited to compete for coveted trophies in a 30 bird sporting clay shoot. The event will take place at County Clays,Hilton Dunkeld Hotel, The Steadings, Dunkeld, PH8 0HX, from 12pm to 4pm on Sunday (7th June). Colin Shedden, director of BASC Scotland, said: “I would encourage all
BASC has written to ministers in Westminster and the devolved parliaments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to ensure that legal traps used to control stoats which predate on ground nesting birds are not caught by an international agreement designed to regulate the fur trade in Europe and North America.
BASC’s Green Shoots conservation programme is to be expanded across Wales with the help of a grant of £137,000 from Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
Time is running out for BASC members to cast their vote in this year’s BASC Council election. Ballot papers were sent out to all BASC members with the March edition of Shooting & Conservation magazine and BASC members can vote online through the BASC website. The 12 candidates for the
Conservation efforts across Scotland are being hampered by incidents of theft and vandalism of equipment, a new report by BASC Scotland has shown. The results of the study, which was funded by the Scottish Government and is the first of its kind, have revealed that interference with lawfully set traps
The Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) has awarded a grant of £2,850 to Heacham & North West Norfolk Wildfowlers towards the second phase of a project aimed at improving the habitat for nesting waterfowl on Heacham Marsh. Phase I of the project took place within Snettisham Coastal Park – an
BASC members will, for the first time, be able to lobby their MPs and ask their position on shooting through a new website launched by the organisation. The BASC in Parliament website also allows members to review their MP’s position on shooting if one has been recorded. The launch of
The elected Council of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) supports the decision of Sir Barney White-Spunner, the representative of the shooting associations, to resign from the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG).
This year’s Countryside Clay Shoot has been hailed a huge success by the organisers. Twenty eight teams competed for the Hugh van Cutsem challenge cup at the Six Mile Bottom estate in Cambridgeshire on Saturday. The day was held to raise money for the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust (GWT) and the
