Making the most of this year’s unusually good weather, I took the chance to grab another day out with Matt Horne and Martin Broad on Matt’s boat the Optimist. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
What better way to start the season than three days spent tramping behind the dogs? Grouse over pointers makes you appreciate the beaters on driven days, and the quarry everyday. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
Some keepers stress on the day, berating the beaters as they race around trying to ensure that the birds are moving in the right direction and the right numbers to provide guns with the perfect day’s sport. Others spend their summers stressing over the chicks in the rearing field, clucking around like mother hens RSS [...]
One of the local river keepers is taking issue with the Queen’s diet: she’s not eating enough swan and, unchecked by natural predators, the mute swan population is booming. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
The rain has put paid to my attempts to bag that muntjac, and I have resorted to gazing out the window at the moist pheasants in the Keeper’s laying field for amusement. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
