- Features
The art of picking up
The value of a well-oiled picking-up team can’t really be overstated. After all, accounting for every bird shot should always be the end goal.
- Offbeat
Grouse moors are wildlife havens
Conor O’Gorman sums up the start of the grouse season, including some of the anti-shooting campaigns wielded by those who deem themselves protectors of wildlife.
- Latest news
Give us answers on grouse shooting ban, BASC tells Scottish Water
BASC has called on Scottish Water to explain its decision to end grouse shooting on its land.
- Offbeat
Should I blame gamekeepers for flooding my home?
Gareth Dockerty discusses the relationship between moorland managed for grouse and the flooding of nearby towns and villages.
- Features
Taking grouse to parliament
A crucial aspect of BASC’s work to protect the future of sustainable shooting is garnering political support.
- Features
The truth about controlled burning
Ian Coghill explains the polarisation of opinion between those for and against controlled burning, settling who is right and who is wrong.
- Features
Moor than meets the eye
As the Glorious Twelfth approaches, David Scott introduces some of the iconic bird species supported by moorland managed for grouse.
- Latest news
BASC statement on shoot leases on United Utilities land
BASC last night had a constructive conversation with United Utilities’ CEO, Louise Beardmore, regarding shoot leases on the company’s land.
- Latest news
BASC calls on United Utilities board to review shooting ban
BASC has urged United Utilities’ board members to call for a review of the decision to end shoot leases on the water company’s land.
