January

The brand new BASIS Game Management course is aimed at all individuals who have responsibility for managing a shoot, including head keepers, singlehanded keepers, estate managers, land agents, landowners, shoot managers and shoot captains.

We're pleased to announce that we've added more dates to our training course schedule for early 2023. Courses covering subjects such as predation management, heather burning and lowland game management have all been confirmed.

A full day ‘in-person’ symposium examining the conservation of Scotland’s four grouse species – red grouse, black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan - is taking place on 5 May 2023 at Balhousie Castle, Perth.

Brush up on your knowledge surrounding best practice bird husbandry, drive design and predation management as well as many other topics covered by the GWCT part-time gamekeepers course.

On Monday 9th January 2023 the National Avian Influenza Protection Zones (AIPZ’s) that cover England, Scotland and Wales, were all amended to include new mandatory requirements for those who catch-up gamebirds (pheasants, partridges or ducks). Here is an overview of these new legal obligations and some frequently asked questions about the practice of catching-up.