Shooting news: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has visited the GWCT’s Allerton Project research and demonstration farm at Loddington, in Leicestershire, where he met staff and saw the results of current farmland conservation research projects.
Conservation
New Survey reveals keepers’ conservation
The first nationwide survey of Britain’s gamekeepers shows their key role in conserving UK wildlife
Countryfile presenter ‘huge fan of shooting & conservation’
Adam Henson, a Countryfile presenter who recently complained of receiving death threats from animal rights activists, has described himself as a “huge fan of shooting and conservation”.
RSPB praise gamekeepers’ conservation work
Keepers welcome RSPB praise for capercaillie work but say it fails to admit the impact of predators.
RSPB praises keepers for caper conservation
Keepers welcome RSPB praise for caper work but say it fails to admit the impact of predators
Why conservationists aren’t politically correct
Where matters of animal immigration are concerned, the RSPB isn’t all that PC
Conservationists sue RSPB over bird study
Feathers fly in the High Court as the RSPB is sued for criticising research into the effect of predators on blackgame
Despite the harsh cuts facing rural communities, there’s hope for conservation
How in an age of spending cuts, fieldsports are the driving force behind conservation
Conservation – New study reveals flaws in predator research
Research for Songbird Survival reveals the impacts of predators on birds may have been underestimated
British Association for Shooting and Conservation supports Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes charity recieves £500 from BASC's northern region
Conservation lost in the Wilderness
Dr Adam Smith believes the current preoccupation with re-wilding puts the extraordinary conservation value of our unique managed landscapes at risk
Conservation – The demise of an English pond
Mark Forrester mourns the fall in fortunes of an East Anglian pond, which was once a wildlife haven and gave joy to generations but which took barely a decade to destroy
Shooting benefits woodland conservation
The conservation work carried out in woodland by shooters has been highlighted in the Country Land & Business Association’s (CLA) new report, Seeing the Wood for the Trees.
Woodland conservation – Shooters applauded
A new report by the CLA Applauds gamekeepers and the shooting community for conserving the UK's Woodland
Royal backing for a century of conservation
At the end of November BASC held their centenary patrons' reception at Coutts and Co. in London, where His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh praised BASC for its work to promote shooting and conservation over the last 100 years.
Conservation trust appoint new president
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust have appointed Lord Salisbury as their new president. Lord Salisbury succeeds the Earl Peel, who steps down from Britain’s leading wildlife research charity after a period of eight years.
Natural England announces new conservation plans
Natural England (NE) has announced a £5.5million boost for England’s threatened biodiversity.
PODCAST: New GWCT & RSPB conservation plan
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has joined forces with the RSPB to launch a new initiative looking at how farming can secure a healthy natural environment.
Conservation groups clash over falconry registration
Conservation groups have become embroiled in a dispute over how best to register rare falcons for sport.