Welcome
Founded in 1908, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), formerly the Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI), is the largest fieldsports organisation in the UK. It campaigns to protect and promote country shooting and conservation.
Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species.
Today it has 148,000 members and employs over 100 full-time staff across the UK.
BASC’s headquarters is in Rossett, near Chester and throughout the UK support, help and guidance is provided by full-time regional directors centred on four English regions - the North, Central, South East and South West. There is also the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offices. A Council is elected by the Association's members and are responsible for the strategy and management of BASC.
BASC's aims
- To build all-party support for shooting sports.
- To secure balanced coverage in the media.
- To ensure our members have the opportunity and the means to go shooting.
- To promote high standards of conduct in the field and publish a number of codes of practice covering many aspects of firearms safety and use, the conduct of shooting sports, pest control and animal welfare.
- BASC members are expected to obey the law and to observe codes of practice.
More details on all of the above can be found on the BASC website at BASC.org.uk
What's new
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Wildflowers set to bloom, thanks to BASC
BASC has given away enough seeds to plant more than 6,000 square metres of wildflower meadow
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BASC gives MPs the facts on grouse
BASC has written to MPs to give them the facts on grouse shooting and moorland management.
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Prospects mixed for start of 2017 grouse season, says BASC
Prospects for the opening of this year’s grouse season are mixed, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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BASC gives journalists the facts on shooting
BASC has given journalists the facts on shooting sports in the run-up to the start of the grouse shooting season with the launch of an updated, interactive online guide.
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Updated BASC statement on wildfowling at Findhorn Bay
Wildfowling on Findhorn Bay is under serious threat of a ban by by-law
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