January 15, 2025
A cutting-edge digital training academy which aims to combat poaching is to be boosted by a £40,000 cash injection from BASC’s Legacy Fund. The National Wildlife Crime Unit’s (NWCU) initiative marks a significant step towards equipping police forces in the UK with the tools and knowledge to tackle poaching. BASC’s funding will allow the NWCU…
December 11, 2024
A common complaint on social media is shooters bemoaning the lack of opportunities to go shooting. For sure, permissions for thousands of acres of shooting obtained from a knock on a door and paid for with a bottle of whisky are an unrealistic expectation these days, but if you are a BASC member a visit…
September 18, 2024
A wildfowling club in Cambridgeshire has purchased an 81-acre marsh with the support of a £150,000 loan from the BASC Wildlife Fund (BWF). Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists bought the marshland at Middleholm Wash — which sits within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) — and intends to enhance the conservation of breeding and migratory…
September 11, 2024
BASC has urged the Scottish government to resist introducing further regulations, in response to the proposed new Natural Environment Bill in Scotland. The Bill would seek to introduce disproportionate deer management nature restoration orders (DMNROs) that would amount to legally mandated culls on private land, as well as compulsory training for deerstalkers, all in the…
July 17, 2024
With less than a month before the Glorious Twelfth, BASC Scotland has urged its members to apply for a grouse moor licences. At the time of writing a dedicated portal was due to open on Monday (15 July), though BASC Scotland director Peter Clarke warned businesses were “rightly concerned that NatureScot is running down the…
July 10, 2024
Scottish school children are set to benefit from a £15,000 contribution from BASC’s Legacy Fund. The organisation has donated the sponsorship money to Estates that Educate (ETE), an award-winning initiative run by Scotland’s regional moorland groups, which aims to educate and inspire youngsters from across the Angus, Grampian and Tayside regions of Scotland. Kirk Norbury,…
June 26, 2024
BASC has settled a claim for a judicial review with the Government over Defra’s last-minute decision in 2023 not to reissue the General Licence (GL43), which allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. The claim has now been settled, following a commitment by Defra to a programme of meetings to ensure the…
June 19, 2024
As part of a cultural exchange, members of a Maasai tribe met BASC staff at their head office to discuss issues affecting shooting and conservation. The visit was arranged after BASC member Jason Ingamells, a director of the Woodland Ways Bushcraft Foundation, requested assistance in transporting the group during their two-week visit. The Maasai are…
June 19, 2024
BASC Scotland has called on the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Jim Fairlie MSP, to confirm the date that the licensing system will be fully operational and whether the processes needed to deliver the licences will be in place by 12 August. As part of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 — which…
January 31, 2024
More than 1,000 members have signed a letter from BASC to the Scottish parliament, requesting substantial amendments to the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. BASC, which is opposed to the implementation of grouse shooting and muirburn licences, is calling for their removal. It wants them to be replaced with, at minimum, a 10-year licence….
Sponsored by Skinner's, this week's dog of the week is Storm. Labrador Storm has a determined streak, as he showed during a shoot on the river Dart when a cock pheasant landed about 50m upstream. He jumped into the river and swam against the tide to deliver the bird to his handler. For your dog to be included, email ollie.harvey@twsgroup.com a picture and tell us all about them. Featured dogs receive a 15kg bag of food, via Skinner’s.