A record 13 hen harrier chicks fledged at RSPB Geltsdale in Cumbria in 2026, and the RSPB has used the result to renew its ...

Sue Knight on the gamekeeper’s wife: running the beating line, rearing children and gamebirds alike, and the isolation nobody talks about.

Defra is giving the National Wildlife Crime Unit £530,000 to tackle hare coursing in 2026/27, yet admits it cannot measure a crime that is not notifiable.

Shotguns, rifles, airgun ranges and famous faces under one roof. Your complete guide to the British Shooting Show 2027 at the NEC, 12 to 14 February.

Defra says England’s heather burning rules stand despite research showing cutting adds fine fuel to moorland litter, and confirms a wildfire study.

Jeremy Hobson on the invasive species running through the British countryside, from mink to grey squirrels, and on which ...

The NFU has called for a coordinated crackdown on hare coursing as gangs spread to new areas and 22 dead hares were left in rows on a Kent farm.

Tim Weston of the NGO on the abuse that followed a Glorious Twelfth post, the Online Safety Act 2023 and why Facebook is not ...

The Country Food Trust has tripled its game chiller network to six and is urging shoots and Guns to make sure every bird shot ...

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 ...

Dominic Boulton on the delayed gamebird release dates on protected sites: older poults, crowded pens and a bigger bird flu risk, not a smaller one.

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 ...