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The UK and Ireland Curlew Action Group is made up of a growing partnership of government agencies and conservation organisations, who all care about Curlew. We have come together to shape, drive and co-ordinate a programme of work across the UK so that we can make a difference for this species but also meet our international obligations.

Since 1994, SACS (as we are better known) has provided representation and insurance for the grass roots of the fieldsports community. SACS people live from Land’s End to Shetland, from Kent to Northern Ireland and all around the globe. Whether they work terriers or ferrets, hunt geese on stormy foreshores, spend the close seasons pining for pheasants or grouse, or fish for the queenly salmon, all our members are equal.

A terrific evening was thoroughly enjoyed by 110 guests at the Tayside dinner and auction at Glamis Castle on Thursday 16th November.

The Ellingham Floodplain Restoration project is a holistic project that encompasses multiple species benefits. The project is managed by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust based in Fordingbridge in partnership with Somerley Estate, graziers and tenants, with funding from Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. 

TEAM GB Olympic superstars the Brownlee brothers and Peter Wilson inspired a packed audience with a fascinating talk organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) on Tuesday December 5.

With the United Kingdom’s farming policy up for discussion this autumn, it is essential that we take stock of what works and what needs improvement. James Swyer explains why.

Jeremy Stanton, Strategic Land Development Director at Greenwoods Solicitors, explores the novel and complex subject of sub-marine land registration.

Read our letter to The Times, written in response to a recent piece by Matt Ridley on the Government’s decision to end neonic use entirely.

We are expecting Defra to announce a six-week consultation on their plans to implement new trapping standards on 1^st January 2019. 

Read our letter to The Veterinary Journal, written in response to a recent article on concerns about declines in wildlife and the culling, trapping, poisoning or shooting of animals ‘unnecessarily’.