Bag size is not the point: The Art of Decoying

When you strip away the gadgets you are left only with your experience as a guide. But do you need anything more?

The Astonishing Waste in Conservation Industry Funding

The big beasts of the conservation industry hoover up much of the available funding - but is it money well spent?

The loathsome litter-louts - and what we can do about them

From discarded mattresses to poo bags, rubbish is everywhere. Maybe it's time we looked at a 14th-century solution to deal with the perpetrators

Why we rewilded at a Norfolk estate

Rewilding has become polarising. It doesn't need to be. It's neither a panacea for all countryside woes, nor something we can afford to dismiss out of hand. I explore what pragmatic rewilding looks like.

Engaging Pupils: The Transformative Power of Farm Visits

The opportunities for education through farms should not be overlooked, they are already a valuable source of teaching in rural schools, but every child should get the chance to run free and discover what is special about our countryside.

Escape to the Countryside: A Tale of Renewal and Growth

The fields have come alive, the vines are murmuring. On the first spring mornings I am an animal coming out of hibernation. I have found my place.

Let the Fell do the Talking

A spring visit to the gold-standard of English grouse moors triggers conversations about pragmatic conservation, why we get everything wrong - and how we can get it right.

Journey Back to the Countryside: Friendship, Dogs, and Shooting

This is the first article I've written like this, and the first I've written in a while, but hopefully its the first of many and you enjoy it!

Spring's Arrival in Iceland: Chasing the colours

Iceland's winter palette is pared back to tone and contrasting shadows. Simple browns, whites, and blacks leave space for the imagination to roam. The panorama holds its breath, suspended. As spring emerges, the sketches begin to colour in.

Mitigating Water Pollution: A Unique Approach for Salmon Restoration

Stocking Salmon Rivers is controversial but now essential. We formed the Ure Salmon Trust to prove it can work but now, sadly, mitigation stocking is essential so I have written this open letter to Steve Reed MP.

Killing in the name of... what?

I grew up in the countryside. It can be a dangerous place, with predators and prey everywhere we look. What role do we play as the apex hunter on the planet? A grey squirrel that's wandered in to my garden is about to find out...

The Enchanted Way

The vital sanctuary of a familiar place