Grouse

Red grouse on a post

BASC has urged all MSPs to vote down the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill in a debate taking place tomorrow.

A game shooter with gundogs

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.

Hen harrier chicks

New data from Natural England shows 141 hen harrier chicks fledged in England this year, the seventh year in a row that numbers have increased.

Scottish water

BASC has called on Scottish Water to explain its decision to end grouse shooting on its land.

Red grouse

A crucial aspect of BASC’s work to protect the future of sustainable shooting is garnering political support.

A controlled burning

Ian Coghill explains the polarisation of opinion between those for and against controlled burning, settling who is right and who is wrong.

Moorland

As the Glorious Twelfth approaches, David Scott introduces some of the iconic bird species supported by moorland managed for grouse.

A stone wall in a moorland

BASC last night had a constructive conversation with United Utilities’ CEO, Louise Beardmore, regarding shoot leases on the company’s land.

Countryside landscape with sheep

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.

Dr Marnie Lovejoy

BASC highlighted significant flaws in the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.