*Comment & Analysis
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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The SNP’s leader in Westminster, Angus Robertson, on his party’s wish to dissolve parliament – and win an independence referendum.
By Alex Stevenson Angus Robertson is in a good mood. Given the SNP’s strong electoral showing against Labour in last week’s European elections that’s no surprise. For the Scottish nationalist leader in Westminster has reason to be cheerful. In Scotland the SNP took 29 per cent of the vote, two per cent more than the… Read more »
