SLE at the GWCT Scottish Game Fair 1 - 3 July
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*You are not required to book via our website to visit us, though you must be in possession of a GWCT Scottish Game Fair ticket. Tickets can be bought here.*
1-3 July – GWCT Game Fair,
Scottish Land & Estates will be in our usual spot on H1 at the GWCT Game Fair this year on 1-3 July. The SLE team is really looking forward to meeting up with members and stakeholders at this year's show.
Events on our Stand
On Friday 1 July 10-11.30am Chairman’s Reception kindly sponsored by Bell Ingram. Join us for this informal reception and enjoy a bacon roll and cup tea/coffee and a chat.
On Friday 1 July from 2pm-4pm WES Reception, sponsored by Lycetts.
Becoming a very popular event in the calendar our WES Reception is from 2pm-4pm. We will be making presentations to seven Estates reaching Level 2 accreditation. More details to follow.
Partners on Stand
Our insurance partner Lycetts will be on the SLE stand throughout the show along with Bell Ingram and Network Rail and also Cat Barlow from the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
At this year’s GWCT Scottish Game Fair, we will be hosting the auction of a stunning portrait of Heather, one of the golden eagles translocated by the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP) in the summer of 2021. This 24” x 20” canvas was created with digital painting techniques using Art Rage by Sue S Fulton. Only one was printed to canvas [and would usually retail at £320].
Heather or F05 (the ring number given to this eagle), donated by Inverlael Estate, is a female golden eagle with unique white markings on her head. As chicks, golden eagles are covered in white downy feathers which gradually drop out as they grow their juvenile plumage. It became clear, as F05 grew older in the aviary, that she had a beautiful and unique pattern of white feathers - a supercilium stripe and a diamond shape on the back of her head.
SSGEP approach various groups, volunteers and supporters of the Project to ‘adopt’ and name each of the eagles that are translocated. F05 was adopted and named Heather by members of the Southern Uplands Moorland Group (SUMG), founded in 2015. SSGEP is really pleased by the support received from rural estates across the south of Scotland since the launch of the project. Much of the food supplied to the eagles in the aviaries and after release (grey squirrels, rabbits, crows, foxes and deer) has been provided by local estates.
Sue Fulton, photographer and artist, is one of the SSSGEP’s Eagle Champions. She was inspired by Heather’s unique markings to create a really stunning work of art that she generously donated to the Project to auction and raise funds.
Artist’s Statement
Whilst her current work consists mainly of birds and especially birds of prey, it can include other animals and even florals.
Her work can be found at her website, www.SuesFulton.com or on her Facebook business page which is “Sues Fulton - Photography & Fine Art”
Staff attending the Show
Friday 1 July:
Tony Stevenson, Head of Business
Hannah Lloyd, Business Development Manager
Simon Ritchie, Public Affairs Manager
Karen Ramoo, Policy Adviser, Forestry, Conservation and Wildlife Management
Simon Ovenden, Policy Adviser, Access & Visitor Management
Stephen Young, Head of Policy
Tim Baynes, Director of Moorland
Caroline Pringle, Wildlife Estates Project Officer
Ruth White, Regional Support Officer, Central Region
Sue Emery, Regional Support Officer, North East Region
Saturday 2 July:
Tony Stevenson, Head of Business
Hannah Lloyd, Business Development Manager
Tim Baynes, Director of Moorland
Ruth White, Regional Support Officer, Central
Nadia Flaherty, Membership Co-ordinator
Stephen Young, Head of Policy
Clare Sturla, Regional Support Officer, South East Region
Sunday 3 July:
Tony Stevenson, Head of Business
Hannah Lloyd, Business Development Manager
Sarah Madden, Policy Adviser Rural Communities
Tim Baynes, Director of Moorland
The SLE team are very excited about the forthcoming GWCT Game Fair and will be very happy for members to pop by and discuss any relevant policy issues with them at any time.
We look forward to seeing you at Scone!
First held in 1989, the GWCT Scottish Game Fair is a three-day family-friendly event is a showcase of Scottish country pursuits including shooting, fishing, gundogs, ferrets, falconry and hill ponies. There are also pipe bands and a new riverside restaurant hosted by chef Nick Nairn.
Scottish Land & Estates will be in attendance. Join us at our stand, H1, to meet with colleagues and other members.
You are not required to book via our website to visit us, though you must be in possession of a GWCT Scottish Game Fair ticket. Tickets can be bought here.
Find out more - www.scottishfair.com