Blogs

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. 

The Allerton Project has a played a major role in Defra's Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP) over the past three years as one of the five research and demonstration farms in the SIP network. The wider SIP consortium has involved around thirty partners, and last week, most attended a three day conference to present results, share lessons learnt, and discuss options for the future.

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.

We respond to a recent article on the decline in farmland bird numbers by highlighting the positive action taken by individual farmers.

SOME 30 arable and livestock farmers learnt about ways of embracing agroforestry at the Trees on Farm event at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Allerton Project, our research farm at Loddington in Leicestershire.

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.

Last week saw the fourth meeting of an international collaboration working to improve farmland biodiversity across Europe. The GWCT is leading the North Sea Interreg PARTRIDGE project, a collaboration of partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

Chris Heward provides an update on Phynodderee, a woodcock tagged on the Isle of Man, who has started her autumn migration.