Author name: BASC Press team

A duck nest tube over water

Citizen science will aid understanding of mallard nesting habitat preference in bid to boost numbers.

BASC is raising awareness of attacks on the gamekeeping profession that are unwarranted and would not be accepted in any other occupation.

A child aiming down the scope of an air rifle

The government has significantly underestimated the impact this proposal will have on our members and those teenagers undertaking pest control.

Shotgun cartridges in a belt

Restrictions on lead ammunition production in the EU could have an impact on UK trade and the voluntary transition away from lead shot for live quarry shooting.

Fuelled largely by media bias and a populist agenda, the anti-gamekeeper feeding frenzy of late must cease, says Ian Grindy.

The Scottish Parliament

BASC has written an open letter to the Scottish Government regarding the repeated exclusion of country sports businesses from coronavirus financial support in recent months.

Pheasant shooting

BASC has hit out at the Scottish Government for excluding country sports tourism businesses from coronavirus financial support for a second time.

BASC is urging John Blair MLA to make his commitment to shooting public following private reassurance that shooting interests will not be impacted.

A worker doing controlled burning

Government announcement on heather burning offers promise of licences as consequences of a blanket ban recognised.

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Wild Justice ordered to pay Natural Resources Wales defence costs after judicial review on Welsh general licences dismissed.