Gamebird shortages: how are shoots coping?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxfDEdsmSY by Deborah Hadfield The shortage in game birds is pushing up the price of shooting and birds. Pheasant and partridge chicks may not be worth their weight in gold but, at current bullion prices, they are worth their weight in silver. Bird flu in France has caused a shortage of eggs and poults. The […]
Catapult masterclass: hunting steel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyYBTyLqooI When it comes to well-dressed sports, you might think golf, you might think tennis, you could even think some of the top claygrounds. Now catapults are rising up the sporting class system. Top catapult shot Wayne Martin explains how he set the course at the Sussex Catapult Club and gives his top tips for […]
Fieldsports Britain – what gamekeepers do in the summer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKc5c-j4Lm8 Your local gamekeeper brings life into the world with the pheasants hatching and growing up. He or she protects other wildlife from predation by shooting foxes and catching magpies. He or she is part of a social fabric that means the countryside can live and breathe. Working gamekeeper Geoff Garrod looks at his job […]
Battle for a grouse moor – Fieldsports News, 29 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgbmd82CWo Here are the links: Campaign to protect moorlands from antis – Countryside Alliance Pulsar is game-changer for wildlife identification, says scientist – Fieldsports News Bracken fire damages Scottish world heritage site – Evening Standard + Bracken Control Vets rule out foot & mouth at Norfolk farm – Eastern Daily Press England’s deer population soars […]
Pulsar is game-changer for wildlife identification, says scientist
Wildlife scientist and shooter Professor Jaimie Dick from Queen’s University, Belfasst, explains how thermal spotters are going to revolutionise wildlife counting across the world. He has found that out thanks to his work on badgers. More on thermal here:
Gamekeeper’s Diary: 15 years on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTCTThkq0scGeoff Garrod is a gamekeeping legend. The estate where he works in the East of England is famous thanks to his Keepers Diary DVD series, which he made in the early 2000s. Now he looks back on those DVDs and explains how gamekeeping has moved on, and how gamekeepers are the best people to manage […]
