BASC - The British Association for Shooting and Conservation

16/10/2026

The fate of shoots like Simon Garnham's hangs in the balance.

At the end of a day’s shooting with friends, family and fellow veterans, he outlines the "brilliant" benefits and why he’s responding to Defra’s call for evidence.

Add your voice and submit your evidence today.

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Need help? Visit basc.org.uk/thevoiceofshooting

15/10/2026

BASC urged Defra to give people more time to respond to the call for evidence. Defra said no.

The deadline has not moved. The call for evidence closes at midnight on 1 November.
That leaves us with just over two weeks.

One email is all it takes. Our template is ready to use, so you only need to add your own experience.

👉 basc.org.uk/thevoiceofshooting

14/10/2026

📽️ Call of the Marsh, our new wildfowling documentary, premiered in Westminster yesterday.

Made with The Origins Foundation, the award-winning film tells the story of UK wildfowling through the words of the people who keep this living tradition going.

MPs and peers from four parties watched it alongside regulators, conservationists and wildfowlers young and old.

Co-sponsor Robbie Moore MP described the film as incredibly moving and said: “If the stories do not continue, if the conservation does not continue and if the shooting does not continue, then everything is lost.”

🎞️ Read the full story and watch the trailer 👇
https://basc.org.uk/call-of-the-marsh-wildfowling-parliamentary-premiere

Cross-party MPs and peers joined regulators, conservation bodies and wildfowlers to see the new documentary, 'Call of the Marsh'.

13/10/2026

"It is vital that we pull together as a sector with less than three weeks to go.”

Defra has rejected our request for more time to respond to its call for evidence on gamebird rearing, release and shooting in England, leaving participants fewer than three weeks to make their voices heard.

Ten minutes. One email. Send yours now.

More here: https://basc.org.uk/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 gamebird rearing, release and shooting in England.

13/10/2026

Designed for comfort. Made for the countryside.

Our new BASC trucker cap features a breathable mesh back, an adjustable fit and bold embroidered BASC branding, making it ideal for your time outdoors.

Shop the collection today.

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12/10/2026

In case you missed it: the Home Office has introduced stronger safeguards for fi***rm and sh***un certificate applicants.

Applicants now need to declare any second homes where fi***rms could be stored and tell police about everyone living in their household. Certificate holders will also have to report any relevant medical diagnosis or treatment, including advice from an online or private doctor, during the life of their certificate.

Read what’s changed and BASC’s response here 👇

Fi****ms licensing applicants will face stronger safety checks under new rules from the Home Office.

11/10/2026

A timeless countryside classic

From the field to everyday countryside adventures, our sage-grey BASC cap brings understated style and everyday comfort. Featuring an adjustable fit and raised BASC branding, it's made for wherever the day takes you.

Shop the sage-grey BASC cap today.

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11/10/2026

"Flag up!"🚩

At the start of October, BASC South West regional officer Sam Walker joined more than 65 beaters at Ponsonby Farms in Gloucestershire for a day built around a thriving wild grey partridge population.

From 17 pairs in 2017 to 159 today, this is what years of habitat work, keepering and commitment from the shoot looks like in the field. And it's not just the partridge. Skylark, yellowhammer, linnets and hares were all there too.

Read Sam's account from the beating line 👇
basc.org.uk/ponsonby-farms-beating-line

Sam Walker joins the beating line at Ponsonby Farms, where years of shoot management have brought wild grey partridge back.

10/10/2026

BASC North regional director Duncan Thomas explains why your evidence matters and why it needs to go in today. Keepers, Guns, beaters, pickers-up, farmers and suppliers all have something to say about the habitat they manage, the wildlife they see and the jobs their shoot supports.

It takes ten minutes. Use our template, write in your own words, send it to Defra and copy us in. Then get everyone on your shoot to do the same.

Be the voice of shooting 👇
basc.org.uk/thevoiceofshooting

09/10/2026

"Everything you've just said there is evidence."

Andrew Churchman, member of a small syndicate in Derbyshire, explains why his shoot matters to him. It brings young people into the countryside, gets friends and family out together and feeds songbirds as well as gamebirds throughout the winter.

If shooting matters to you, Defra needs to hear why that's the case. Use the link to send your own experience as evidence of the benefits of gamebird release and shooting.

Respond now 👇
basc.org.uk/thevoiceofshooting