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NatureScot announces changes to grouse licensing system
Changes to the grouse licensing system in Scotland affect the area a licence applies to, as well as NatureScot’s power to revoke or suspend licences.
Win a Beretta 687 and a day’s grouse shooting in our winter gun draw
Enter our gun draw for a chance to win a Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon III and a day’s grouse shooting over pointers and setters – a package worth more than £7,000!
BASC helps Nottinghamshire Police fight poaching and rural crime
BASC advised Nottinghamshire Police officers on firearms law and legal deer stalking during anti-poaching training on the Thoresby Estate.
Gloucestershire wildfowlers celebrate 70 years
Gloucester Wildfowling and Conservation Association gathered to celebrate more than 70 years of conservation, volunteering and responsible wildfowling.
Hampshire ecology student wins BASC Wildlife Fund David Gray scholarship
Willow Bloomfield, a first-year ecology student and New Forest commoner, has been awarded the BASC Wildlife Fund Scholarship for 2026.
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Take part in the National Rodent Survey and be entered into a prize draw for a £50 voucher.
‘Call of the Marsh’ premieres in ParliamentÂ
Cross-party MPs and peers joined regulators, conservation bodies and wildfowlers to see ‘Call of the Marsh’, a new documentary from BASC and the Origins Foundation.
BASC request to extend game shooting review rejected
Defra has rejected BASC’s request for more time to respond to its call for evidence on game shooting, leaving participants fewer than three weeks to make their voices heard.
Conservatives back shooting as Defra review deadline looms
The risk of shoot licensing and the threat it poses to rural life was high on the agenda at BASC’s and the Angling Trust’s Conservative rural reception earlier this week.