Learning more about breeding woodcock populations in Northern Ireland
BASC commissioned Erne Environmental to manage a network of volunteers to provide sufficient data to the National Breeding Woodcock Survey in 2023.
How economically viable is late-season shooting?
Since the 1960s the number of released gamebirds has increased while the number of shot gamebirds has increased at a lower rate, suggestion that shoot efficiency has decreased over the years.
BASC commissioned the University of Exeter to develop an interface so that shoot managers and gamekeepers can plan their shoot dates, bag sizes and release numbers to optimise profits and minimise financial and ecological risks.
A paper with the final results as well as an interactive interface will be published shortly.
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Rapid Evidence Assessment on threats and pressures on UK wintering waterfowl and waders at breeding sites and UK relevant flyways
BASC commissioned an evidence review of the threats to our waterfowl quarry at breeding grounds. Key pressures include predation, habitat quality, pollution, and climate-induced range shifts
Zero tolerance for illegal killing of birds of prey
In January 2020 a joint statement was issued by five leading countryside organisations, setting out their zero tolerance for raptor persecution.
