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Wildfowling clubs
across the country
offer day permits to
BASC members.
For a copy of the
latest BASC
Members’
Wildfowling Permit
Scheme Booklet, send an SAE to
Wildfowling Management, BASC,
Marford Mill, Rossett, Wrexham,
LL12 0HL or email your name and
address to [email protected]YORKSHIRE & N.E.
CARTER’S COUNTRYWEAR
North Yorkshire
Tel: 01439 770688 http://www.cart-
erscountrywear.co.uk Pheasant
and grouse shooting
NORTH WEST
SOUTH SOLWAY
WILDFOWLERS
http://www.solwaywildfowlers.co.uk
MC Slater, Lancs.
Tel: 07779 934563 Pinkfoot
geese, pigeons, driven duck &
evening duck flights
TUFTON ARMS HOTEL
Appleby-in Westmorland, Cum-
bria. Tel: 01768 351593
http://www.fishing-shooting.co.uk
MIDLANDS
THE BARTON ON HUMBER
Gundog Club Tel: 01724
734700 http://www.bohgc.co.uk
[email protected]
ROBERT GIBSON-BEVAN
Lincs Tel: 01673 858387
KEADBY WILDFOWLING &
CONSERVATION SOCIETY
http://www.kwacs.org.uk
LEICESTER WILDFOWLERS
Contact: http://www.leicswa.org
[email protected]
PESTWISE
Contact Richard Tel: 01664
850287 or 07764 485726
http://www.pestwise.co.uk
DELTA DEER SERVICES
Tel: 01536 761978
or 07850 380923 http://www.
deltadeerservices.co.uk
WEST RIDING
WILDFOWLERS
Contact Graham Teale,
Tel: 07711 555295 wildfowl-
[email protected]
EAST
ALDE & ORE WILDFOWLERS
http://www.aldeandorewildfowlers.com
ALKBOROUGH WILDFOWLERS
http://www.alkboroughwildfowlers.co.ukANGLIA SPORTING
Guided pigeon shooting, deer
stalking; rough and driven
shooting; wild duck flights.
Tel: 01728 605892 http://www.
angliasporting.co.uk
BASC NORFOLK
Andrea Green, 01244 573047,
[email protected]
BLACKWATER
WILDFOWLERS
Essex. 01245 283210 http://www.
blackwaterwildfowlers.org.uk
FENLAND WILDFOWLERS
http://www.fenlandwa.org.uk
GEDNEY DROVE END
Wildfowlers Cambridgeshire.
Tel: 01945 420359
NBC BIRD AND PEST
Tel: 0800 169 9646 http://www.
nbcbirdandpest.co.uk
KING’S LYNN & WEST
NORFOLK WILDFOWLERS
http://www.klwa.co.uk
LEIGH-ON-SEA
WILDFOWLERS
http://www.loswa.co.uk
NORTH SUFFOLK
W’FOWLING CLUB
Tel: 07810 122404 http://www.
northsuffolkwildfowlers.co.uk
NORWICH & DISTRICT
WILDFOWLERS
http://www.norwich-wildfowlers.
co.uk
PETE’S AIRGUN FARM
nr Chelmsford, Essex. Contact:
Peter Mallett, Tel: 07973
509198 http://www.airgunfarm.co.uk
RIFLECRAFT LIMITED
Tel: 01379 853745
http://www.riflecraft.co.uk
SPALDING WILDFOWLERS
http://www.spaldingwildfowlers.co.uk
LONDON & S.E.
WILLIAM & PHILIP
BEASLEY
Tel: 01869 277534 for Philip,
Tel: 07831 572247 for William,
Tel: 07831 195736. Pigeon
shooting, also deer stalking.Use this page to find agents offering sport around the UK and overseas
FIND SHOOTING
Ecological aspirations can
be extremely challenging
for dairy farmers, but
increasing the songbird
population alongside
profitable farming is
achievable, according to
the GWCT Wales.
Hosting a seminar on
soils and biodiversity at
Ty Newydd farm near
Trefnant, St Asaph, on 9
May, Antony Griffith has
always been passionate
about creating wildlife
habitats alongside his
dairy operation, believing
that both can work well together.
“Simplicity is key if we want greater
participation by Welsh farmers in future schemes,
but it needs to be much less daunting than what
the Welsh agri-environment scheme has offered,”
said Antony, pushing the need for future schemes
to be fully inclusive, well supported and adaptive
to get the best out of each farm.
Alastair Leake, who heads up the 800-acre
GWCT Allerton Project demonstration farm in
Loddington, Leicestershire, insists that farmers
can deliver solutions in addressing biodiversity
declines by allowing them to decide what they
would like to see on their own farms. He said:
“Over the past 26 years, we have learned a greatdeal about habitats, winter feeding and predator
control. We have demonstrated
that by using this approach we can maintain
farm profitability and double the songbird
population, which adds weight to the debate
that farming and conservation can go hand in
hand if done correctly. We have helped develop
the ideal wild bird seed mix that can be used to
manage the less productive parts of farms, which
is hugely beneficial for farmland birds but needs
managing professionally.”
Scottish lowland research ecologist Dave
Parish concluded the talk by stressing the
need for supplementary feeding through the
hungry gap.We can increase songbird numbers, says GWCT
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