Robert Bucknell’s foxshooting diary
When it comes to fox control Robert Bucknell wrote the book – literally. In this series he runs through the foxshooter’s year, month by month, explaining fox natural history and behaviour at each stage of the year, and how you can use this knowledge to give you an edge controlling foxes to protect vulnerable livestock, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pheasant eggs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvZKuoF_cLY This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so the show is presented by Ed Jacoby, and Hector Wright is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. In this week’s episode part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland enlists his young daughter’s help collecting pheasant eggs as the rearing season gets under way. Plus reinventing the clay pigeon – we exclusively […]
Collecting pheasant eggs for a new season
Spring is here, and across the country preparations are underway for the season ahead. For part-time keeper Kevin Copeland, this year is about more than just rearing pheasants — it’s about passing something on. With his daughter Esme by his side, egg collecting has become part of their daily routine, a chance to learn, connect, […]
CIC general assembly, Vienna 2026
The CIC general assembly in Vienna, 2026, is a talking shop for the world’s hunters. Plus it included a service in St Stephen’s Cathedral, by kind permission of the Cardinal. CIC, the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, is the global authority on biodiversity protection and hunting. For more see the website CIC-wildlife.org/ For […]
Attenborough attacks pheasant shooting – Fieldsports News, 22 April 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IplcitP8yoo This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so David’s son Hector is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. Here are the links: BBC parrots anti-shooting propaganda – BBC iplayer (42mins) Tool to contact Scottish election candidates – BASC The Times glorifies handguns – The Times Guardian newspaper supports trophy hunting – The Guardian UK YouTuber gets strike […]
New clays, new cartridges and the cost of shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xAYcDON2g As the 2026 clay season kicks off we are at the West Kent Shooting School with Alex Levett-Scrivener from cartridge distributor Shooting Star and ground owner Gillian Lynch – finding out about the cost of cartridges, strategies to keep a clay ground busy, and the new Newr brand of clay targets including the ‘disco […]
Spring pigeon decoying, with Geoff Garrod
Essex gamekeeper and pigeonshooter Geoff Garrod is in clover– literally. He is shooting pigeons in a field of the stuff, after a winter when the birds mysteriously disappeared for months. He is using his favourite Eley cartridges in his 5-shot FAC Browning Maxus. To find your nearest stockist of Eley cartridges, visit Eley’s dealer page […]
Fieldsports Britain – shooting pigeons in clover
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8wIslACFqMGeoff Garrod is in clover – he is back on the pigeons, after a winter when the birds mysteriously disappeared for months. Gun licensing woes: one police force has taken the law into its own hands and banned semi-auto shotguns from FACs. And how tech is catching up on grey squirrels: soon they will have […]
West Mercia Police make new gun laws
West Mercia Police has made up its own rules restricting Section 1 shotguns – that is shotguns with a magazine capacity greater than two cartridges, which are considered an essential everyday tool for pest controllers and gamekeepers. Their reason? Section 2 shotguns are sufficient for pest control, and Section 1 guns could be more dangerous […]
Facial recognition for squirrels
Ian Glendinning is working on a way to wipe out grey squirrels, using artificial intelligence, facial recognition and contraception. He is designing a camera that can track individual squirrels that visit a feeder – and dispense the pill to them. Contact Ian via the Red Squirrel Survival Trust www.rsst.org.uk/ian-glendinning/ To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Scottish deer cull massive fail – Fieldsports News, 15 April 2026
Here are the links: SNP blew £135m on failed deer cull – TheFerret.scot RSPB advice could kill garden birds – RSPB Country people make the case for fieldsports – Gov.uk Health officials investigate Lyme disease – UKHSA Massive country sports auction in Cumbria – Mitchells Wildfires ‘demoralise’ National Trust – BBC Golden eagle release plan […]
Shooting estate releases beavers
Gamekeeper Paul Dunn is helping release beavers at Southill in Bedfordshire. It’s all part of a conservation plan that will help secure the future of a wild bird shoot on the estate. To find out more about the Southill Estate, and the work of Restore, visit SouthillEstate.co.uk and RestoredLand.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Starmer’s cash bonanza for birdwatchers – Fieldsports News, 8 April 2026
Here are the links: Starmer splashes £90m on birdwatching groups – Gov.uk Perthshire farmer hands out two tonnes of free venison – Fairfeast.co.uk Rat up a trouser leg – YouTube EU backs down on bullet ban – ec.europa.eu CapAndBall YouTube channel avoids closure – YouTube Singapore record crow day – YouTube and YouTube Hunt sabs stuck […]
Fieldsports Britain – Spring crows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x03JcDazE4oWe are shooting spring corvids with the fabulous Rob Speed from the Fieldsports with Speed channel. Spring is in the air for newly-released beavers, too, which are galloping off to start a new life on a shoot in Bedfordshire. ‘Barreller to the privileged classes’ Bill Blacker explains how he got started in the gun trade, […]
Rooks, crows and jackies with Rob Speed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qkYitt07c Spring crow shooting can be difficult. The birds are hungry but they have had a whole winter to build up wisdom and, today, the weather is wet. Rob Speed from @fieldsportswithspeed shows how he sets out to approach corvids on a field of spring drilling, with careful decoy patterns and – says Rob – […]
Trailhunters hit back at Starmer ban plan – Fieldsports News, 1 April 2026
Here are the links: Starmer lashes out at trail hunters – Countryside Alliance and Gov.uk Antis fear Starmer will allow most hunting with hounds – The Times and YouTube How to respond to Starmer ban on snipe and duck shooting – Respond to the consultation by 17 May 2026 by emailing WildlifeManagementAndCrime@defra.gov.uk with the subject title […]
Stalking with the ThermTec Oryx 650L
Tim Pilbeam has been stalking fallow deer in the woodlands of Sussex and Kent using the ThermTec Oryx 650L thermal scope. He’s never shot a deer using thermal technology before so he’s looking to test it first in daylight. In this film he talks through some of the main features of this ThermTec unit, including […]
Tim’s thermal deerstalking journey
Tim Pilbeam heads out with the ThermTec Oryx thermal scope to see how it performs outside of its typical night-time role. Guided by experienced local stalkers, we set out on a series of outings in the South East, hoping to take a fallow buck before the end of the season. Watch our review of the […]
How to finance your new airgun
Eric Irish explains how to buy your dream airgun on the cheap – by trading in your old airgun and by using financing. For more from Crackshot, visit Crackshot.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 853, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain853 More from Crackshot here:
Flying squirrels in Somerset
Jaf Jefferson and Dean Smallwood come armed with PCP airguns and rimfire to Charlie’s Dad’s woodland in Somerset where, says Charlie, the squirrels have learned to fly. Dean is using two airguns: a Brocock Bantam Sniper HR and a Weihrauch HW100 KT, both sub 12ft/lb in .177. Jaf’s spotter is the HIKMicro Lynx LH19 3.0. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Night shooting dry run
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNLuAFUR9ikTim Pilbeam is learning about the challenges of night-shooting deer, starting in daylight with the Thermtec Oryx thermal scope. Have grey squirrels in Somerset evolved and learned to fly? We ask the experts. Eric Irish from Crackshot explains how you can afford a new airgun, with trade-in deals and finance. Plus David has the news […]
Starmer declares war on shooting – Fieldsports News, 25 March 2026
Here are the links: Labour’s shooting ban bonanza – Gov.uk, DEFRA and Gov.uk Cops chase poacher vehicle – Facebook Nature.scot gannet hunt protest – Daily Record Phil Gray wins CPSA top title – Facebook RSPB clears Rathlin’s ferrets for £4.5m – BBC Spanish hunting show record attendance – YouTube Ukraine war could spread rabies – YouTube Canal […]
Fieldsports Britain – Farmer gun grab
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGaLzoYL-8Dogwalkers cry wolf – so police arrest the farmer and grab his son’s guns. How to become a loader on the big game shoots: we go on a course in Wiltshire. Plus game chef José Souto speaks out on the lead debate, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s all in this […]
Big shoot loaders’ course
Want to become a loader, working with Guns on some of the big game shoots? You can take a LANTRA-certified one-day course to learn the basics, and become a qualified loader. We join a course run by Ann Litchfield of Country Pursuits & Training at Barbury Shooting School in Wiltshire to find out what’s involved. […]
Dogwalkers get farmer arrested
A farmer tells dog walkers to get back on the footpath – and ends up in a cell for eight hours, while police grab his son’s guns. It’s a chilling tale of how a made-up allegation has caused untold trouble and worry for a farming family who are just trying to get on with making […]
Clay Connections
Rob Ward-Dutton and Simon Sutton run a business-networking-fun-shooting club called Clay Connections. Currently in the North-West of England, they have ambitions to expand it across the UK. For more, visit ClayConnections.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 851, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain851 More clay shooting here:
Cash for chillers – Fieldsports News, 18 March 2026
Here are the links: Government hands out deer chiller cash – BASC DEFRA uses bird flu as stick to beat shoots – NGO Welsh Labour mulls pheasant ban – BASC Warwickshire speaks up for gamekeepers and farmers – Warwickshire County Council Ferrets dumped in Dagenham – Facebook Intangible cultural heritage of grouse shooting – OurUplandLivingHeritage.com […]
Fieldsports Britain – Sussex stalking horse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rbJCjLkOoQPony power – we are out culling fallow deer in East Sussex with the aid of a beer-swilling cob. Plus, how bursting into song could help you regain your concentration at the clay ground. Our podcast this week features the woman who brought black bears back to Louisiana – and says they need shooting. Plus […]
Weeding out mutant deer
Kevin Copeland needs to reduce the fallow deer population on his patch of East Sussex, and especially a mutant strain that is throwing up murder bucks. Once Kevin has a deer on the ground, his friend Graham Payne steps in with his stalking horse – Tyson the cob, who is happy to carry the carcase […]
Teens’ wild pig hunt
It’s a great family day out. A group of dads have brought along their kids with rifles to try to pot a pig for the summer barbecues. Of course, it helps that these dads and kids are in Florida, USA, which has a feral hog problem. Here’s how they do it – and how much […]
The real cost of gun licensing delays
Firearms licensing delays don’t just frustrate shooters, they hurt the sport and businesses like shops and grounds. We visit Sporting Targets in Bedfordshire – one of the worst performing firearms licensing areas in the country – and hear from the people affected. Sporting Targets SportingTargets.co.uk Girls & Guns on Instagram Instagram.com/girlsandguns2022 Firearms licensing performance official […]
FX Impact M4 vs BRK Ghost carbine – review
Pick of the PCP carbines: James Head from Devon-based online airgun shop Crackshot compares the FX Impact M4 and the BRK Ghost carbine. For more from Crackshot, go to Share.google/mYtDIKyIfQ1PpNtRK To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 850, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain850 More from Crackshot here:
Fieldsports Britain – High-tech hogs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lf_a0UUVCAKids love a hog hunt: American dads who watch Fieldsports Channel take their teenagers out after feral pigs in Florida. Gun licensing woes: we’re at a clay shoot in Bedfordshire, where getting a certificate can take up to two years – and it’s hitting shops, grounds and shooters. Plus Crackshot’s James Head compares two top […]
Bank blocks rifle purchase – Fieldsports News, 11 March 2026
Here are the links: Lloyds Bank freezes shooter’s accounts – Lloyds Bank Starmer’s lead ban timetable – BASC Scottish sporting rates climbdown – Countryside Alliance Wildfowlers clean up Lough Neagh – Facebook Germany to reopen wolf hunting – Bundestag.de Gundogs win at Crufts – YouTube and YouTube Antis beat up top Belgian hunter – BrusselsSignal.eu Big […]
IWA 2026: New Savage 110 rimfire rifle
youtu.be/1aGprmDHRQsOn show at IWA 2026 was the new range of Savage rifles. Jens Tigges talks us through the rimfire model that looks and behaves as a centre fire rifle making it a perfect training rifle because rimfire ammo is so much cheaper. More rifle reviews here:
IWA 2026: Guide Orion C thermal add-on
Fresh from presenting the launch of the new Guide thermal add-on, German influencer Andreas Trenzinger talks us through this 285 gram unit and even though Germany doesn’t allow thermal scopes he believes the add-ons give great clarity when you increase the magnification of a traditional scope. Guide says: “The Orion C is engineered with extreme […]
British Fly Fair International 2026
Are they designed to catch fish or hook anglers? Andy Ford is investigating the art of flytying at the British Fly Fair International 2026. Find out more about the fair at BFFI.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 849, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain849 More flyfishing here:
IWA 2026: New Walther RS3 straight-pull rifle
One of the most talked about launches in 2026 from the European gun trade has come from Walther with their new RS3 straight-pull bull-pup. At a preview evening at IWA we speak with Christian Liehner from the company who shows us just how fast the rifle can be cycled – but he says he’s not […]
IWA 2026: The phone powered “Heat-it” insect bite treatment
Made in Germany the Heat-it unit is a thermal insect bite treatment. We spoke to Joep from the company about its benefits for the Fieldsports community and their families who enjoy the great outdoors. All you need is your smart phone to power the unit allowing it to go to work. This is how the […]
IWA 2026: Cosmi break-barrel semi-auto shotgun
It’s probably one of the most beautiful semi-auto shotguns in the world and they are now available in the UK thanks to Jonathan McGee who regards it as a game gun, and not one for the pigeon hide. We caught up with him on the Cosmi stand at IWA 2026. Find out more at Cosmi.net and […]
IWA 2026: Thermtec Ventus multi-spectrum binocular
One of the significant thermal launches at IWA 2026 was Thermtec’s Ventus thermal binoculars. Product manager Mark Wong from the company talks us through some of the main features including dual focus wheels and the ability to change the IR intensity with switchable 850 nm and 940 nm IR illumination, to deliver clear and consistent […]
Why shooting insurance is important
Gun owners don’t have to have third party public liability insurance, but for the small cost of cover insurance broker and certificate holder Chris Tebbit thinks it’s the sensible option. Not only does he feel it makes financial sense he feels it is morally right to have this type of cover. If you injure a […]
BASC challenges gamebird release restrictions – Fieldsports News, 4 March 2026
Here are the links: BASC clears first fence in Natural England judicial review – BASC Government looks at knife licensing – BASC Mods to come off FACs – BASC Intangible cultural heritage of rough shooting – LivingHeritage.unesco.org.uk Army venison contract – Supply our armed forces with venison. Email hello@leanandwild.com or tel 0203 340 3950. Russian […]
Warwickshire shoot beaters’ day
The end of the shooting season sees the hard work of beaters rewarded. Those who want to – and who catch the eye of the gamekeeper – come back to the shoot with their own guns. That’s what’s happening today on this charming, family mixed pheasant and partridge shoot in Warwickshire. Gamekeeper Jim Dickinson has […]
New products on show at IWA 2026
We are at the IWA Outdoor Classics 2026 trade show in Nuremberg, where the big brands from all over the world are showing off their latest kit, from rifles and shotguns to thermal sights and binoculars. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 849, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain849 More from our Fieldtester channel here:
Fieldsports Britain – New guns and thermal coming to the UK
We are at IWA 2026, the massive trade show in Nuremberg, Germany – where the big names in guns and thermal are showing off their latest kit. We join a happy band of beaters on an end-of-season shoot in Warwickshire. Are they designed to catch fish or hook anglers? We investigate the art of flytying […]
How replicas will stymie Starmer’s trophy import ban
The SCI Convention 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, shows off all that’s best and biggest in hunting, sporting guns and taxidermy. A major theme this year is replica trophies – exactly the same as the original, but unbannable because they are made of fibreglass and plastic. For more about the show, visit SafariClub.org To watch all […]
Fieldsports Britain – Blood trail in the brambles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Ibs4dG7s8Roy Lupton and cameraman David are limping after muntjac: one has titanium hips, the other a dodgy ankle. Roy wants to cull the muntjac that have been messing with his pheasant drives. Plus MPs get to attack the government for its shotgun licensing plans in a debate in Westminster. Andy Crow ignores the do-not-touch signs […]
America’s insatiable demand for British guns
The USA makes great guns. When it comes to some shooting sports, such as wingshooting and the African big five, Americans are irresistibly drawn to British and European guns. That’s why so many top gunmakers cross the Atlantic to exhibit at the SCI Convention 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. They explain the attraction. For more about […]
Green light for night-shooting deer with thermal – Fieldsports News, 25 February 2026
Here are the links: New deer night-shooting general licence – Gov.uk Back off hunting, Labour lords urge Starmer – FarmingUK.com Court orders huntsman’s horn flattened – Telegraph Big farmland count – BFBC.org.uk Ukraine war saves deer rounds – Europa.eu Goat hunts with Don Trump Jr raise $20 million – SafariClub.org Trophy import bans will mean […]
