Chairmans Blog


January 25th

Why oh why is Scotland the only country in the UK to still have the ban on tail docking of working dogs?

December 20th

Just back in from ferreting a plantation of young larch and scots pine trees. I am soaked to the skin and frozen. My daughter is visiting us with her boyfriend and I thought it would be a good chance for him to see some different animal tracks in the snow.

December 9th

I am not a happy chappy. I was cutting old rabbit fences away this morning and my ear is bleeding profusely. I detest that high tensile wire; when you cut it with the wire cutters it goes off like a coiled spring. It felt like I had been shot in the ear.

Key links

Links - organisations

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust www.gct.org.uk

The Association of Deer Management Groups www.deer-management.co.uk

Deer Commission Scotland www.dcs.gov.uk/

British Deer Society www.bds.org.uk

The National Gamekeepers' Organisation www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk

The British Trust for Ornithology www.bto.org

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust www.thegamekeeperswelfaretrust.com

The Association of District Salmon Fisheries Boards www.asfb.hub.uk.com

Scottish Natural Heritage www.snh.gov.uk

The Wildcat project www.highlandtiger.com/cairngorms_wildcat_project.asp

Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK www.bada-uk.org

Kings Game Cover conservation and crops www.kingscrops.co.uk

Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group www.countrysportscotland.com 

Red Squirrel Survival Trust www.rsst.org.uk

Rural Recruits www.ruralrecruits.co.uk

Hollyburn Bed & Breakfast www.hollyburnbedandbreakfast.co.uk