Shooting UK

Natural England has moved its protected sites casework to an online portal, and shoots, wildfowling clubs and land managers working on designated ground must now use it for consents and notices. BASC alerted members to the change this week, warning anyone who manages land in or beside a Site of Special Scientific Interest to update their bookmarks.

What has chang...

When every bird counts, the shotgun in your hands has to deliver time after time. The five over-and-unders here sit at the top of their makers’ game ranges, and each one blends innovation with craftsmanship, an effortless swing and a degree of aesthetic prestige that a working gun simply does not carry.

They were chosen from what the leading makers and their U...

Photographs: David Hudson

It’s the 12th of August again and the start of a new season. The press will have all the usual stories about the Glorious Twelfth, which in some cases will serve only to demonstrate how little they understand about what grouse shooting actually involves. If you are lucky enough to be out on the day, whether shooting, beating,...

The Moorland Association has called on the Government to consider a single national wildfire agency, arguing that Britain has capable fire crews but no national strategy and nobody in overall charge of a rising risk. Its analysis, published this week, points to the agency Portugal built after its deadly 2017 fires as the model.

How bad is Britain’s wildfire probl...

We constantly read and hear in the media about the need to reconnect people with nature. That’s a hard concept to fathom for anyone with an interest in fieldsports.

Many of us were introduced to the outdoors by a family member from a young age, and as a result gained a lifelong interest in the natural world. My earliest memories are of worm fishing for small t...