We need a clear strategy for delivering predator control
How many foxes do we need to kill in order to raise the productivity of the species we’re conserving?
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The HuelBros and AI cultists need to get their boots dirty
In a world obsessed with optimisation, perhaps the countryside has something to teach us about the value of friction, inefficiency and taking the long way round.
Making the Scottish Highlands work – is it a pipe dream?
Scottish wildlife is disappearing and it looks like it’s NatureScot’s fault. Deer manager and crofter Niall Rowantree offers advice for a sound future for the Highlands that works both for politicians and voters
Toxic Terminology
We will only protect and restore nature across our island if farmers are seen as leaders of the solution, rather than purveyors of the decline.
Stick or twist: the two styles of estate management
Today’s underperforming assets could well be tomorrow’s star asset.
Curlew and lapwing edging closer to extinction
If we don’t have more sensible conversations, there will be no curlew or lapwing to argue over.
Is climate science colonial?
In reality, the problem is not emissions but the warming effect.
Open letter to Andy Burnham
Recent events have amply demonstrated that the man in Whitehall does not know best.
Expert’s curse – is it our downfall?
It can feel a little intimidating to ask for something to be explained to you.
I caught a fish from Saddam Hussein's private lake
“I stepped on a bomb which took both my legs and left me in a bit of a pickle.”
The next generation of farmers
Adam Henson has been meeting the young farmers taking on the challenge of feeding the nation
Big tech’s assault on the countryside
Critics estimate the data centre could consume up to a million litres of water a day.
Booming bitterns bouncing back
Managing reedbeds is vital if the boom of the bittern is to become a familiar sound once more
Who would win a race between a man and a horse?
Camilla Swift saddles up and takes on the Man Versus Horse Marathon
Where does countryside become coastline?
If tourism is the icing on the cake, some effort should go into ensuring the cake itself can still exist.
What those five dead Dorset sea eagles are trying to tell us
These days, we have an intensely complicated relationship with predators of any sort – even more so when it comes to reintroducing them.
Save Our Salmon and Sea Trout
One of Wales' greatest natural resources is disappearing.
Why are young people struggling to find deer stalking?
Keen young stalkers' rifles are gathering dust while deer populations continue to rise
Time to banish the bogeymen
A troll is a troll, no matter which side of the bridge you are on.
Sir Johnny Scott’s life in fieldsports
Sir Johnny Scott has brought out a book, Letters to a Young Countryman. It links his long life in sports from coursing and ferreting, as well as hunting and shooting, to his hope that future generations will enjoy the countryside as much and in the same way that he does.
The green investment fantasy
Can carbon credits and rewilding really deliver a 10% annual return?
Rediscovering nature’s magic on the Cotswolds Savannah
One Cotswolds farmer's breathtaking ambition, resilience, and love for the land shows leaves Tom Martin breathless
Every farmer needs good neighbours
The magic and mess of being a good neighbour—whether across a fence or at a table of strangers.
The rewetting/wildfire gamble
Is rewetting really the wildfire solution? Discover the flawed science and policy missteps fuelling Britain's moorland fire crisis in this thought-provoking exposé.