Lord James Percy on game meat, the 50p Eat Wild levy and why a bird killed for sport and not eaten is a nail in the coffin ...

David Whitby has known the Snettisham RSPB reserve for 71 years. He weighs the spoonbills and avocets against the terns that ...

Jeremy Hobson on the November Woodcock Moon, planting by the moon in France, moon lodges on pub signs and what the poaching ...

Chris Rogers on an East Anglian roe rut that never got going, a bio-maize harvest a month early and yields a third down after ...

Eight pieces of hill stalking kit, from a 2.6kg carbon Bergara to a 105g Casström knife, with prices, weights and where to ...

Our pick of the best boots for the hill: five stalking boots from £230 to £475, rated for grip, waterproofing and ankle ...

Three white-tailed eagle chicks have fledged in Dorset and Sussex, taking England's wild-born total to nine as the project ...

Kirk Norbury on Benmore Estate, Isle of Mull: red deer stalking on the high ground, dapping on Loch Ba, and why the weather ...

Alan Jarrett on wildfowling in a drought: the ditches that still hold water, the estuary pools left by the tide, and the ...

The Countryside Alliance has published its list of 27 harmful policies. Six concern shooting: the burning ban, licence fees, ...

Helen Benson of the Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust on how drought is changing wildlife behaviour, and why keepers are blamed for ...

Lord Cameron called the trail hunting ban completely wrong at the Countryside Alliance launch, as ORB polling found 15% of ...