Our team of expert advisors are running several courses designed to promote best practice among those who manage the countryside. Places are very limited on each so book now to avoid disappointment:
10th May at The GWCT Allerton Project, Leicestershire
This 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. It is a three-day course with the option to complete all modules over three consecutive days, or the modules can be completed within a 12-month period (over three separate one-day sessions) for candidates that are unable to join for three consecutive days. More info & booking →
14th May at The GWCT Allerton Project, Leicestershire
The GWCT and BASC have teamed up again to deliver a one-day course designed to improve best practice on DIY shoots and farm shoots. The course is aimed at shoot captains, syndicate members and anyone that manages their own small shoot. More info & booking →
14th May at Woodland Skills Centre, Bodfari, Denbighshire
This FREE course on woodland management covers a range of topics including sustainability, biodiversity and economic value with talks from several keynote speakers. More info & booking →
12-14th September at The GWCT Allerton Project, Leicestershire
This popular three-day course has been running for over 40 years and covers just about all aspects of running a part-time keepered shoot including:
- Rearing and releasing pheasants and partridges
- Growing game crops
- Predation control
- Woodland management
- Feeding regimes
- Game shoot economics
- Wetlands for wildfowl
- Conservation of farmland wildlife
More info & booking →